Child Protection India Project #53176

An urgent appeal to save girls from traffickers

by iPartner India

Project Report | Mar 8, 2023
An urgent appeal to save 2 girls from traffickers

By Sumedha Sharma | Project Leader

Dear Global Givers,

Both Kiran and Pooja are privileged and humbled to receive your support to continue with their education. Your support allows them both to focus on their studies and enjoy their time at the boarding school. The scholarship support has made a huge difference for Kiran and Pooja and we hope the girls will use this opportunity and do well in life.

Update on Kiran and Pooja

Kiran is enjoying her time at the boarding school. She enjoys taking part in extracurricular activities such as sports, dancing, and cooking. She has also started learning how to play the sitar (an Indian string instrument). She will be appearing for her final exams in April for Class 10. She has also enrolled herself to take extra classes for those subjects that she is not very confident in. Kiran regularly attends all her classes and she is putting in extra effort to do well in her exams. The residential school has helped Kiran to become confident and smart. With students coming from different states to study at her school, Kiran has learned new things in terms of diversity in culture, language, and festivals celebrated across the country.

Pooja has shown significant improvement in her academics and her social behavioural skills over the last quarter. During a recent interaction, she mentioned that now she is determined to become a police officer after completing her studies, while earlier she aspired to be a teacher. As a police officer, she wants to enforce stricter laws to save girls from trafficking. At the boarding school, Pooja takes care of her diet and eats healthy food. She also runs every morning and evening to improve her fitness levels. She is coping well and catching up with her schoolmates. Pooja is well aware that other girls from her community are not as lucky as her. She is keen to become a role model for girls in her community. Her favourite subject is Hindi. At the moment, Pooja is preparing for her final exams to be held in April for the Class 12 standard. Whenever there are extra classes or group studies with her friends, Pooja will be the first to show up. She hopes to get good marks in her final exams. The team on the ground continues to support Pooja’s family to resolve their challenges related to financing and health.

Every child has the power to succeed in school and in life and girls like Kiran and Pooja are lucky enough to receive scholarship support. However, many more girls are on the verge of dropping out of school due to extreme poverty. We at iPartner India would continue to advocate for girls’ education and hope that all stakeholders in the community will be able to value girls’ education and work collectively to ensure girls can stay in school. Kiran and Pooja have the potential to become powerful role models and contribute greatly to their success in the communities.

Thank you once again Global Givers, for your generous contribution. On behalf of the girls, we acknowledge and appreciate your ongoing commitment to helping Kiran and Pooja to finish school.

With deep gratitude,
Team iPartner India

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Nov 9, 2022
An urgent appeal to save 2 girls from traffickers

By Sumedha Sharma | Project Leader

Dear Global Givers,

Thank you for your recent donation to GlobalGiving to support Kiran and Pooja (name changed) to pursue their education. Both Kiran and Pooja are keeping well and have made good progress in the past months. For both, stepping out of their village to pursue an education has been both overwhelming and exciting. We are happy that despite many challenges, the girls have shown resilience and determination to follow their dreams.

Here’s what Kiran and Pooja have been up to.

Kiran

There have been many changes in Kiran’s personality, especially in her daily habits. In a safe and protected environment, she can now concentrate and give more time to focus on her studies. She has also made friends with three of her classmates with whom she spends time studying and participates in fun activities. With time, Kiran has adjusted well to the new boarding life. She has also taken up dancing, sewing, cooking, and music as part of extracurricular activities imparted at the institute. Kiran’s parents have also noticed a big change which is her positive approach towards life. Her family members often visit her at the boarding.

“At the boarding, the atmosphere is very different compared to my village. Here I can concentrate on my studies and there is nothing to fear.” - Kiran

Pooja

Pooja is currently in 12th grade. She has been facing some difficulty in adjusting to the boarding due to some problems at home. She also had to recently go back home because the roof of her house fell and there was no one to take care of her younger brother who has special needs. This makes it difficult for Pooja to focus on her studies as she also has to do household chores in addition to taking care of her younger brother. With all of these new developments, Pooja has not been able to focus on her studies. In the last 1st term exams, Pooja has not done well to attain satisfactory marks.

Our team is closely monitoring the situation on the ground to assess how we can help Pooja and her family. We are hopeful that in the next term she will be able to do better once her family situation is taken care of.

Thank you, Global Givers, your generous donation is deeply appreciated. Your support allows us to sustain our efforts in making a difference in the lives of vulnerable girls like Kiran and Pooja, so that they are able to continue with their education. Without your support, we would not have been able to make their dreams come true.

With deep gratitude,
Team iPartner India

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Jul 14, 2022
An urgent appeal to save 2 girls from traffickers

By Sumedha Sharma | Project Leader

Dear Global Givers,

We are thrilled to share an update on Pooja and Kiran (name changed). After months of waiting to join the boarding school, both Pooja and Kiran are now residing in the boarding school. Your support has made it possible for Pooja and Kiran to finally realise their dreams of pursuing their education in a premium institution.

Update on Pooja and Kiran

Pooja cannot believe that she is finally in boarding school. Our team on the ground helped her with procuring all her basic needs required by the school before she left. She likes the new environment and is busy making new friends. With offline classes, Pooja has to work harder to come to at par with her peers.

“After a week of joining, I have already learned a lot from my boarding mates. The food here is delicious, although I do miss my home-cooked meals.” – Pooja

Kiran is thrilled to join the boarding school. She is a hard-working student. She enjoys interacting with the other girls in school coming from different regions. The hostel warden is helpful and ensures that they are both taken care of and are helping them to settle.

“My current focus is to secure good marks for my 10th-grade exams. I like studying English and I make extra effort to learn and improve my spoken English on campus with my new friends.” Kiran

iPartner India’s work on facilitating scholarship support to girls like Pooja and Kiran is preventing young girls in Rajasthan from being trafficked and thereby giving these girls an opportunity to make informed life choices. With continued counselling and rounds of interactions with their families and community, girls are now slowly but boldly expressing their desires to pursue education.

Many girls like Pooja and Kiran are embroiled in the vicious cycle of being trapped by the practice of inter-generational sex work. We continue to engage with the local communities and families and provide solutions to strengthen girls’ agency to decide their future and educate themselves so they can make informed choices.

Thank you Global Givers for standing by Pooja and Kiran to believe in themselves and that they are not alone in their pursuit to change their destiny.

With deep gratitude,

Team iPartner India

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