Increase Girls' Access to Education in Pakistan

Project Report | Aug 27, 2019
October - an International Day of the girl!

By Tamrika Khvtisiashvili | Project Leader

Recently I came upon a quiz that listed and ranked different activities that individuals, companies or policy makers can take to lead a greener life, ways we can all reduce the damaging impact we often have on our planet and curb the climate change. Among some obvious and less obvious solutions, there was “increase access to family planning’ and “educate girls”. In fact controlling our population growth, giving women choices for family planning and education are the only two solutions that are directly tied for total projected emissions reductions (quiz link below).

Girl’s Education International is committed to giving women equal access to choices in life. The mission of Girls Education International is to expand and support educational opportunities for underserved girls and women in remote and undeveloped regions of the world. That’s exactly what we are able to do with your generous support in 5 remote villages of Pakistan. Together with our partner organization in Pakistan, Bedari, we pay for transportation and fees for 60 girls who most likely wouldn’t have an opportunity to further their education beyond the first few grades that their villages provide. The impact that this might have on these young women is profound. Our attention to them literally changes their lives. What a privilege we have to have this kind of an opportunity.

Below are some words from our students directly, connected by Bedari representatives in the field.

15 year old Alishba, when asked how has her education helped her become independent, said: “I have tried to use my education to make myself independent. One example of this is that I now tutor small children to earn money so that I can attain further education”. When the same question was asked of Areena from the same village, she responded: “Since I am educated, I don’t owe anything to anyone and can differentiate between the good choices from the bad". When asked about their future plans with regards to education, work, marriage and independence, Alishba said that she wanted to be a doctor so that she can help treat people of the village, which Areena wants to have a job, so she can support her parents. 15 year old Muneeba from a neighboring village said that education has given her ambition and her biggest goal is to be independent and gain respect.

These are the words that remind us to send our greatest gratitude to you, the avid supporters of Girls Education. Thank you!

Please don’t forget that October 11th is the International Day of the Girl. The day aims to highlight and address the needs and challenges girls face around the world, while promoting girls' empowerment and the fulfillment of their human rights.

We hope this month brings to all of us our renewed commitment to this cause!

Links:

The most effective ways to curb climate change

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May 28, 2019
Peanuts vs. Exams - small acts of resistance

By Tamrika Khvtisiashvili | Project Leader

Chalwalian Village is situated in the district Chakwal. Agriculture is the major profession of the people in this village. Crops are cultivated twice in a year. Wheat and peanuts are the main crops of this region. Usually all family members should be involved during the harvesting of these crops.

Peanut harvesting takes time of three months (October, November and December), during which girls education efforts suffer as they can't attend the classes. Due to girls "small" and "thin" fingers, it is preferred that the girls perform the task of searching for peanuts by digging th soil instead of boys and adults.

There are eight girls that Girls Education International supports with their studies in the village of Chalwali. These girls decided among themselves that they will not do the peanut work during October –December and will focus on their studies instead. Missing three months of school would mean that they cannot take the exams in December necessary to pass to the next grade.

So this season, when parents asked the girls to join in the field for peanut picking the girl refused by saying that their studies suffer and that they will not go to field. They asked to have the work equally distributed among the boys, the girls and the adults instead.

To our delight, the parents of the girls responded positively. They also advised the girls to pay attention to their studies.

The girls expressed thankfulness to Bedari and Girls Education International that they have enabled them to express their wishes and feelings with their parents. They said that they felt empowered to express their feelings due to the support and encouragement to contiue their studeis from the organization. They are also thankful to their parents that they gave them a chance of having the education.

It is those stories filled with courage and commitment to education and positive societal change that keep our spirits high and our dedicaton to our work strong. But it is only through your support that it is possible to give those young women access to education, sense of empowerment and goal of bettering thier lives and lives of other women in the community. We thank you for that, Girls Education International supporters.

With the permissions of the student that shared this report with us, we share her photo with you.

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Mar 1, 2019
Happy International Women's Day!

By Tamrika Khvtisiashvili | Project Leader

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