Our project in Rajasthan covers
75 rural government schools and benefits almost
5000 girl students in the districts of Udaipur and Barmer. We ran awareness and sensitisation workshops with teachers and students emphasising child rights and the need for girls' education. Given that Rajasthan is notorious for discrimination against women and girls, what with high rates of female foeticide, child-marriage, high drop-out rates, low immunisation rates among girl children and even nutritional discrimination when it comes to girl children, our focus was on an inclusive approach that would increase the safety of girls as well as decrease household expenditure. By provisioning girl students with inexpensive battery operated LED lights, we empowered them not only to study under bright illumination, rather than dim kerosene lamps, in their own time in the evenings after they had completed their chores, we were also providing them with a personal asset that they could use to keep themselves safe.
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