By Medhavinee Namjoshi & Yagna Parmar | Chief Project Coordinator, Project Coordinator
Dear friends,
Hurray Vacha and Girls have done it again!!
June and July were again that time of the year when at Vacha we really gear up to support our girls to negotiate with their families for allowing them to continue education as well as enrol in streams that they aspire to.
It is not always easy, especially when even in the cit like Mumbai the secondary school is not very close to the place you stay or the so called best colleges need travel by train or bus. Chances become bleak if peers from your neighbourhood or cousins / sibling are from the secondary school or college of your choice. In India now most of the entrance exams are online and our girls find it difficult to complete this process without our support as their access to internet is mostly through Vacha.
We are happy to report to you that in spite of all these odds, there is not a single educational drop out from the Vacha girls. 100% girls have continued their education.
A small scholarship Vacha gave them, thanks to your contributions also was a benefitting factor, as this nominal scholarship incentive was a big help for girls to take care of their educational expenses. Being a recipient of this scholarship was seen as a prestige by the parents and girls.
In the beginning of the year we had added the support books for their school text books popularly known as Guides or digests to the mobile library so as to help them in studies.
In addition to this, On the Occasion of 15thAugust, India’s Independence Day, girls from Vacha Centresreleased their 13th Edition of Newsletter titled ‘Hamari Battein’ (Our Voices) in their bastis.
The current project is coming to an end. With your support and good will, we wish to work with more girls in a new centre for girls’ training in life skills. It will assure continuity and regularity in trainings and workshops for girls who are poor and live in slums in Mumbai and nearby places. We request you to contribute generously to our new project ‘Girls Centre in Mumbai for Life Skill Training’. The link ishttp://www.globalgiving.org/projects/life-skills-training-annually-for-poor-girls-in-mumai/
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