By Sonal Shukla | Director
Friends,
Hello. In this report we would like to share about the activities that were undertaken in context of International Girls’ Day on October 11. Film screenings and art competitions were held to share the empowering experience through celebrating girlhood, something that most girls are denied in the all prevalent traditional son preference.
The third activity was in form of a Health and Gender fair. These fairs are part of a broader programme of health training for girls. It creates awareness about local health resources such as free health centres and State supported hospitals, nutrition and diet and the tabooed subjects of menstruation and sexual attraction in simple languages and through games and quizzes. It covers the age group 10 -16 mostly. A total of 538 girls were covered through Girls’ Day programme that lasted a week actually. These were conducted in the 3 of the 4 centres in slums that are supported through your donations. Originally GG donations had helped us start this programme of life skills for girls in 2 such areas. So thanks for your generosity and support. Vacha implements the programme in 18 such centres and all support is always welcome.
December is an important month for us as we receive more donations during it. GG has just informed us that any recurring donation that we receive in December will be fully matched by an anonymous donor. We hope you will encourage many to start at least a recurring donation on https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/life-skills-training-for-poor-girls-in-slums-in-india/?show=recurring $ 10 or more will contribute towards keeping at least one girl in school until class 12 and help her access learning materials and nutritional inputs. Recurring donations will also strengthen our programme of life skills for girls in various ways. Please do visit our website www.vacha.org.in
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