Educate Girls

Sector

Education

Engagement since

2023

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मैंने लगभग १० वर्षों के बाद दोबारा पढ़ाई शुरू की। मैंने दसवीं कक्षा की परीक्षा की पूरी तैयारी की थी, लेकिन परीक्षा से केवल दो दिन पहले मेरे पति का देहांत हो गया। उन्होंने मेरा सपना पूरा करने में मेरा पूरा साथ दिया था। उनकी बातों को याद करके मैंने हिम्मत जुटाई और परीक्षा देने गई। मैं प्रथम श्रेणी में उत्तीर्ण हुई और अब बारहवीं कक्षा की तैयारी कर रही हूँ। मेरा मानना है कि मुश्किलें कितनी भी बड़ी क्यों न हों, महिलाओं को अपनी पढ़ाई और अपने सपने नहीं छोड़ने चाहिए। शिक्षा हमें आत्मनिर्भर बनाती है, अपने निर्णय लेने का साहस देती है और अपने जीवन को एक नई दिशा देने का अवसर प्रदान करती है।

Aarti Pragati learner, Rajasthan

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I returned to education after nearly ten years. I had prepared thoroughly for my grade 10 examination, but my husband passed away just two days before the examination. He had fully supported me in pursuing my dream. Remembering his words, I gathered the courage to take the examination. I passed with a first division and am now preparing for grade 12. I believe that, no matter how difficult the circumstances, women should not give up their education or their dreams. Education makes us self-reliant, gives us the confidence to make our own decisions and offers us the opportunity to give our lives a new direction.

Aarti Pragati learner, Rajasthan

About the Partner

Since 2007, Educate Girls has worked to improve access to education and learning outcomes for girls and children in underserved communities across India. By mobilising communities and partnering with governments, it identifies out-of-school girls through door-to-door outreach, engages with their families, and supports their enrolment, retention and learning. Where formal schooling is not accessible, its second-chance programme, Pragati, enables girls and young women aged 15–29 to complete their secondary education through state open schools. Through these efforts, Educate Girls addresses barriers to education and helps girls build pathways towards greater opportunity, agency and independence.

HBSF Engagement

HBSF’s long-term grant supports Educate Girls’ Vidya and Pragati programmes. Vidya focuses on enrolling and retaining out-of-school girls and improving foundational literacy and numeracy among children in underserved communities. Pragati creates second-chance education pathways for adolescent girls and young women through state open schools. Through this partnership, HBSF supports Educate Girls in strengthening programme delivery, expanding access to education and developing sustainable and scalable approaches that improve learning opportunities for girls and young women across India. HBSF also serves as a domestic anchor donor for the organisation.