Educate 100 Rescued Girl Child Labourers

Dear Donors,

Greetings from BREADS Bangalore!

We are happy to present our updated report for your support to educate the girl children who were rescued from child labour and other vulnerable situations. The 144 poor girl children have successfully completed one more year in their studies.

The new school academic year was started in the month of June 2019. We are happy to inform you that all our children are very happy to go to the school as per the report from the school teachers our children are performing well in their studies. All the children were graded to the higher classes. We have given new uniforms, books and stationeries for all the children to pursue their studies. The children who are getting education support from GlobalGiving are thankful for getting support for another one more year to pursue their education and excel in their life. It is true that without your generous support these children may be denied their rights to education and become wage earners in an early age.

During this reporting period we have received INR 4, 35,274.28 (USD 6,534.60) from GlobalGiving for the project which was exclusively used for the education, food, clothes and education materials of the poor girl children. This year also we have rescued many children from child labour situation and admitted in our rehabilitation centres. All the children who completed the bridge school was also admitted in formal schools and continue their education We will extend the education support to these children also at the same time to stop the support for few children who completed the class X and eligible for higher studies. There are many scholarships available for girl children for higher studies.

The major activities organized for the children during the reporting period were:

• Observed International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking on June 26, 2019
• Shaale Kade Nanna Nade Campaign- An initiative of school enrolment campaign for all the school dropouts
• Independence Day celebrations across Don Bosco houses in Karnataka
• Child First Foundation visited the DB Houses in Karnataka to facilitate the formulation of individual Child Protection Policies
• Project monitoring and evaluation visits to the districts of Karnataka were completed by the BREADS team

The children are regularly followed up by Don Bosco/BREADS staff in order to ensure their continuity in schools and improve education standard. The children were instructed to join the evening tuition classes started in their villages by BREADS and use the facility to improve their education standard and do the school assignment with the help of mentors.

BREADS along with the children thankfully acknowledge the valuable support through GlobalGiving which helped the poor girl children to have a brighter future. Thank you for the continued support.

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