Our Work
Girls' Education
Educate a girl and an entire family changes. Our work makes sure she stays in school long enough for that change to happen.
Across India, far too many girls leave school somewhere between the ages of 12 and 16 — exactly the years that decide whether they will earn, marry early, or stay healthy as adults. The reasons are familiar: cost, distance, household work, lack of toilets, early marriage and a quiet sense that her education matters less.
We believe that keeping a girl in secondary school for even three more years can change the entire trajectory of her life — and the lives of her future children.
Our girls' education programme combines direct fee support with mentoring, hygiene support and patient conversations with parents who have been told for generations that a daughter's place is at home.
The Reality
Why this matters
Drop-off after primary
Many girls finish primary school but never reach Class 10. Costs rise, schools get further away, and household duties pile on.
Period poverty
Lack of sanitary products and clean toilets quietly pushes girls to skip school every month — and eventually to leave for good.
Early marriage pressure
Families struggling with money often see early marriage as a way to reduce one mouth to feed. Education is the first thing sacrificed.
Our Response
What we do
Sponsorships for girls
Direct support for school fees, uniforms, transport and exam costs — focused on girls in classes 6 to 12.
Mentorship circles
Older girls and women from the community guide students through the difficult middle-school years, role-modelling that education leads somewhere.
Hygiene & dignity kits
Sanitary products, basic hygiene supplies and awareness sessions so that periods never become a reason to miss school.
Family counselling
Patient one-on-one work with parents on the long-term value of educating daughters, including conversations about delaying marriage.
Outcomes We Track
What success looks like
- Girls completing Class 10 and Class 12 from families where no woman had finished school before.
- Reduction in monthly absenteeism linked to menstruation.
- Delays in early marriage, with girls choosing to continue studies or vocational training instead.
- Older girls returning as mentors to support the next generation.
From the Field
She stays in school
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- Family Support— Parents, mothers & livelihood
- Education— Classrooms, tuition & re-enrolment
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