Gender Equality India Project #34613

Help Girls to End the Cycle of Poverty & Violence

by Save The Children India

Help Girls to End the Cycle of Poverty & Violence

Project Report | Jan 29, 2019
Priya's Dreams Have Come True- Because of YOU

By Jyoti Nale-Tajane | Programme Director

Priya’s father died when she was just 11 and that is when her mother started working as a domestic worker. Priya had to leave her school at 5th Standard to take care of her younger siblings and eventually started working as replacement of her mother. Since she started working at very young age, she lost her childhood between the responsibilities. She never had a friend and has no memory of playing or spending quality time with friends in her in childhood.

Priya was 17 when her mother started falling ill frequently and so it was decided by her mother to get her married. Priya was not even 18 then but she was hopeful that probably this would give her opportunity to changing her life.

Her husband turned out to be alcoholic and unemployed. She faced the physical, sexual and emotional violence to keep her troubles away from her mother. One day her husband poured kerosene on her as his lunch was delayed. That was the point when she decided to leave him and go back to her mother.

Her mother was happy that she escaped the violence but was concerned of “burden” on family income so was exploring reconciliation with Son-In Law. Priya was not ready to risk her life again and approached Save The Children India for support.

She was provided with legal counselling, Skills Training to be Hygiene technician and Life-skills. Today Priya works with a leading International bank as hygiene technician in facility management department and earns salary of Rs. 15,000 per month. She is inclined to appear for 10th standard board exam and get back to education. Priya is now also a mentor to 10 other young women with some history of violence and motivating them to give their dreams a second chance.

We are thankful to supporters like you who trusted us to invest in dreams of Priya and many like her. The impact has been life changing, meaningful and fulfilling.

Thank you

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Oct 31, 2018
A Big Thank You from Seema

By Jyoti Tajane | Programme Director

Seema enrolled in the beauty and wellness at our vocational skills trianing center with lot of hesitation. She had never been to a classroom after she dropped out of formal schooling in 7th standard 8 years before. Her father disowned her mother and her 3 sibblings when she was 12 year old, her mother started working as domestic help and so seema had to droupout of school to take care of her younger sibblings.

When community outreach worker met her in the beginning og this year, Seema had started working as domestice help earning 2500 Rs. for working with three families in the morning and evening. When we told her that she can be skilled trained and enter into an organise workforce she looked at us in disbelief however agreed to visit the center and opeted for Training in Beauty and wellness. she took about 6 Months to completed a course that generally offered for 4 months but passed her examination with flying colours. Recently she secured job with renowned chain of Salons in Mumbai with starting salary of 12,000 Rs and other social security benefits.

Last week when she came to meet us she was full of life, the glow of happiness was clerely visible and we spent entire evening listening to her stories of her new life.

These life changing interventions have only being possible with support you and many like you have provided to us.

Save The Children India provides young women with life skills and vocational skills, improve their access to decent work opportunities and increase incomes.

Your future and sustained support will help us support more girls like Seem with skill training in sector of their choice. Alongside of skill training, they will be offered training in life-skills to enhance their self esteem and confidence. The focus being on bringing shift from vulnerability to empowerment that helps them to break the cycle of poverty by taking up job or starting their own enterprise.

Choose to be a recurring donor with us and if you like the story, pelase share it in your circle.

Thank you so much

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