By Akhilesh | project Leader
We express sincere thanks for supporting our project aiming at empowerment of adolescent girls aged 10-19 years in slums of Lucknow.
This quarter from June to July 2017 is marked with creating and enhancing opportunities for motivation, skill development, participation and communication as essential aspects of adolescent girls empowerment. We organised participatory learning sessions focussed on education, child marriage, menstrual hygiene, adolescent girls health awareness camps on health , HIV/Aids, community health camps for immunisation, counselling, health check-ups, employment linked skill development opportunities camps to address the issues affecting adolescent girls, their families and wider community members. It facilitated us to impact 1775 adolescent girls and 490 women in 52 slums. 98 girls and women were enrolled for employment linked vocational training programmes with project support.
Project trained 61 community volunteers for supporting encouraging adolescent girls on their rights, planning & advocacy on adolescent girls and community needs like education, health, water, sanitation, generating awareness at households and community level on key behavioural changes on encouraging girls education, preventing child marriage, hand wash at critical timings to protect from diseases, use of toilets. These volunteers are the change makers at community level and also function as link between adolescent girls, community and government service providers.
Project celebrated International Youth Day on 12th August 2017 with active participation of adolescent girls and wider community members. Events like adolescent girls & youth festivals, informative stalls, rallies and drawing activities were organised to provide them platform for motivation, participation, communication an recognition in 6 slums and schools located around these slums. 800 adolescent girls and youths participated.
Thus your donation, wishes and support is contributing in empowering girls, improving their living conditions and shaping their future in poverty stricken slums where girls suffer in multiple ways.
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