When it comes to bringing about a change, Join My Village believes in working inside out. We believe that our staff and service providers need to live the message they pass on to the community members; be it an encouraging new way of promoting education or becoming more gender sensitive. The work begins at home, here at JMV. JMV invests in its staff through trainings and reflective sessions to ensure personal changes that reflect in their professional tasks. The staff gets to attend capacity building...
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So far so near! I still can’t believe that the girls, I have been meeting in the corridors of secondary schools, will no longer be around to greet me - they have graduated from secondary school and are now starting a new life. After four years of secondary school, every girl has her own story to tell; some good some bad. They might forget some of their moments while at school but the sun will not set before they recount all that’s good about Join...
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The excitement is palpable and the energy contagious. Just one look at them is enough to convince you how excited these girls are to be back in school. It’s a new year for some and a fresh start for others at the 24 KGBVs supported by CARE through its Join My Village project in Uttar Pradesh, India. Girls in the age group of 10-14 years who have either dropped out of school before class 5 or have never been to school can study at these...
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She is not the only person whose life was at a standstill. The reasons might be different but the effects are almost similar. Little did the women know that the coming in of Join My village would help them unlock fortunes and bring new directions to their lives and that of their families. Agnes Banda and her husband Nelson Kantogo, a polygamist, have three children and as a family they have been struggling with the thought of providing for their children’s welfare.But just three months after...
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The months of July and August are very busy here at Udaan. The last session is coming to a close and the girls from the first year of Udaan in Mewat are ready for formal upper primary schools andthe girls for the next year have already started arriving. For girls like Asmeena, Afsari and Tarana who are very soon starting upper-primary, it is time for excitement, nervous anxiety and detailed planning. They have bought everything they will need in the new school. After living here...
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