By Susan Haynes | Project Assistant
During the reporting period, the Girls' Education program team continued implementing the activities and program components reported on in our previous GlobalGiving reports. In this report, we want to deeply thank Global Giving donors for your support and generosity by sharing a story from the field. This story features B., a Girls' Education program participant in India.
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For years, B. Beemamma wanted to become an officer with the Indian Police Services, but her father, a daily wage laborer, had decided she would get married. When B. was 11 years old and in the 6th grade, we launched our Girls’ Education Program at Zilla Parishad High School, her school in Mushrifa village.
From the beginning, our field team began implementing GEP activities such as providing material support (school fees, uniforms, notebooks, etc.), remedial education, tutoring, medical camps and meetings for parents and the community. The social mobilizer who looks after the GEP girls in Mushrifa got to know B. and the challenges she faced. She made home visits, met her parents and encouraged them to participate in the quarterly parents’ meetings. As a result, B.’s parents have attended every one of these meetings which are a vital component of our program. It is during these meetings that parents learn about the importance of girls’ education, the adverse effects of child marriages, and the impact of the program on girls in their village.
As B. thrived in her studies, actively participating in the science and math fairs, life skills workshops, and other competitions, her parents truly began understanding their daughter’s interest and promising future—so much so that B.’s father decided to encourage her to continue her education. Her older brother, a university student, helps with her studies and serves as one of B.’s greatest inspirations. She is now one of the top students in her 8th grade class and, very recently, with the encouragement and support of our field team, won first prize in a singing competition.
Your support and generosity is helping provide resources and opportunities to girls just like B. Thank you!
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