Education

Step4Girls - Bavishni

Our Mission

Our mission is to intervene in crises situations of rural high school girls, to bridge gaps in their education & health-care and act as a catalyst by empowering the rural girls with the power to live their dreams.

The Goal

To provide complete support for education, health care and nutrition for a sustained period of 18 to 24 months for a selected group of 125 high school girls hailing from severely financially challenged rural families with no education or health care support, thereby improving their health status and reducing the school drop-out/absenteeism rate.

Objectives

Changing the crisis situations of rural high school girls
Enhance retention of girls in rural high schools by reducing drop-out rate
Improving the academic performance of the girls
Ensure increased participation of girls in school activities through better health care

Ground Reality

Remote and relatively underdeveloped area
Families below the poverty line
High school girls face severe challenges in their environment
Government’s support only in primary & middle level schooling
Lack of basic infrastructure
Lack of parental support in education & health-care

What problems does a rural high school girl encounter while attending a day-long school?

Poor menstrual health
No proper school uniforms
Absence of academic stationery
Absence of proper infrastructure
Interrupted electricity at home
Poor sanitation

Targeted Beneficiary Students

Location : Rural Areas Thane & Palghar District
Target : Girls
Age Group : 14 to 16
School Grade : 8th to 10th
Family Status : Below the Poverty Line
School Type : High School

Four steps in the Step4Girls Project Life Transformation

JNS 12th Grade students crowdfund the ‘Step4Girls’ project at LSF in October 2022 through the Fuel-A-Dream crowdfunding portal and helped support a comprehensive girls’ education, health & nutrition program for over 150 remotely located rural high school girls facing tremendous hardships and pushed to the brink of education. This crowdfunding effort was a huge success for over 150 students of 12th-grade JNS students who could collect donations to the project from about 1100 individuals, groups and companies.

Step4Girls Project - Educational, General Health, Menstrual Health & Nutrition Support for Girls in Rural High Schools of India.

A video that delves into the impact of this project, taking the viewer into the lives of some of the beneficiary girls of this project is here for your viewing