The Child Brides: Send Them to School instead

by Foundation to Educate Girls Globally
The Child Brides: Send Them to School instead
The Child Brides: Send Them to School instead
The Child Brides: Send Them to School instead
The Child Brides: Send Them to School instead
The Child Brides: Send Them to School instead
The Child Brides: Send Them to School instead
The Child Brides: Send Them to School instead
The Child Brides: Send Them to School instead
The Child Brides: Send Them to School instead
The Child Brides: Send Them to School instead
The Child Brides: Send Them to School instead
The Child Brides: Send Them to School instead
The Child Brides: Send Them to School instead
The Child Brides: Send Them to School instead
The Child Brides: Send Them to School instead
The Child Brides: Send Them to School instead

Project Report | Jul 30, 2012
Child bride Meena says, "School comes first!"

By Nooreen Dossa | Communications Manager

A child bride when she was only three months old, Meena is a girl from Pali district in Rajasthan. She is one of 6 children. Meena’s family earns just enough to be able to eat. Her father rears goats, sells the milk and manure while her two older sisters earn money from manual labor. However, with Meena’s mother falling very ill, the family was fast running out of money. Her ailing mother is the reason Meena wants to work and supplement her family’s income.

Meena does manual labor too. Now, due to the efforts of Educate Girls her parents have started sending her to school. They want her to have the chance they never had in life.

Meena is currently studying in class seven. This twelve year old is troubled with thoughts about her family’s survival, about her mother, about her education. Her life is full of uncertainty. Yet, when we ask Meena if she wants to study she replies with a strong “Yes”. We ask her about her marriage her eyes fill with tears.

Support Meena and other child brides - Send them to School!

 

*Name changed to protect the identity of the child

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May 14, 2012
Tribute to a mother - Nageena Banu

By Nooreen Dossa | Communications Manager

Apr 30, 2012
Update!!

By Safeena Husain | Executive Director

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Foundation to Educate Girls Globally

Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra - India
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Twitter: @educate_girls
Foundation to Educate Girls Globally
Safeena Husain
Project Leader:
Safeena Husain
Mumbai , MH India

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