In our blogs for Join My Village we often talk about the women and girls that we help but in this one I want to talk about the team who keep the engine of the program running - our field staff. Rashmi Anand Kapoor is a maternal health and gender trainer who has worked with CARE for more than five years. Rashmi currently provides training to government health workers for JMV’s Maternal and Neonatal Health program in 15 blocks of Barabanki district.The road to becoming...
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A narrow, dusty road led me to the Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya at Nauthala village in Mehsi block of Bahraich district in Uttar Pradesh, where I had gone looking for a story. The KGBV in Mehsi, supported by the Girls’ Education Program of CARE’s Join My Village, is one of the newest. Their first batch of 75 girls completed the program last year. The majority of those girls are now enrolled in primary schools. This is an achievement in itself because the community in Mehsi...
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I first met Shabnam Jahan in July last year when I visited her Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV) in Balrampur district’s Pachpedva block. The school is one of the KGBVs where CARE is providing support through Join My Village’s Girls’ Education Program. Shabnam had battled odds and her family’s resistance to emerge as one of the most promising students at the school.Six months later, I spoke to Shabnam again to see if the fire in her belly to study was still there. Just back from...
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For the girls of Kaiserganj KGBV, Christmas came in early this year with Join My Village donor, Merck, being the Santa Claus for them. Going the extra mile for the girls, Merck with the help of JMV, sent goodies for the students in India. Merck has been aiding the girl child education in India through the Girls’ Education Program of CARE’s JMV program and these gifts were above and beyond the help it gives through other platforms.And the first to receive these gifts from Merck...
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The road trip to Risiya block in Bahraich district of Uttar Pradesh was a painful one, but the talented girls of KGBV made it worth the effort. CARE through Join My Village’s Girls’ Education Program supports 24 KGBVs that are state government-run residential schools for girls in the age group of 10-16.At Risiya, the girls had organized a community seminar, an event similar to a school concert. The event was even more special since present in the audience were parents of these girls. This gesture...
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