Save a Girl from Child Marriage with a Scholarship

When we first found Oyshi she was in great danger.

Living in Bangladesh, and in extreme poverty, her parents could not afford to keep her in school. At only 12 years of age, staying in school was not only important for her future, but also for her safety.

Sadly, it’s common in rural villages for girls like Oyshi to be married off early to remove the financial burden on the families. And as her father was only a simple day laborer, and her mother a housewife, Oyshi was at great risk of becoming a child bride.

Thankfully, your gift arrived just in time.

Your gift was used to enrol Oyshi in a local school, and having quickly found the friendships and stability she needed, she’s now excelling at her classes and confidently facing her future. Gone are the fears she had of becoming a child bride and being married off to a complete stranger. You've saved her from something horrible. Instead, you’ve given Oyshi hope, and the opportunity to study and earn her way out of poverty.

Her teachers are very impressed with Oyshi’s commitment, and are equally excited that your gift is beginning to set an example for others in the community. We're excited to let you know that word is now spreading to neighboring villages about the importance of educating children like Oyshi, and not marrying them off. If this positivity continues, you could really be helping to change the shocking culture of child marriage in Bangladesh.

I'm sure you'll agree that this is truly wonderful news, and Oyshi and other girls in these poor villages have you to thank for this remarkable change!

Oyshi is understandably overjoyed at what you’ve done for her, explaining what life would be like without your help, “I would grow up as an illiterate woman," she says. "Now in the future I want to be an ideal teacher to teach the poor children in my community.”

Thank you for giving girls like Oyshi an education, and saving them from the horrors of child marriage.