Our Impacts
Ms. Pooja Nayak
This is the story of Ms Pooja Nayak, age 21 from Alampura village in Jhansi. Pooja has been associated with the Sakhi project since 2017 and has been actively involved in all group work sessions like health and hygiene, communicable and non-communicable diseases, exposure visits, health camps etc. Her parents are also supportive and they too accompanied her in most of the group meetings and community mobilization activities.
Ms. Sanju
Sanju, as 18 year old girl never gave a thought to further studies. But her dream came true after she fell in line with SAKHI project. She belongs to a very poor family. Her father is a daily wage laborer and sometimes her mother also assists him. She passed class VIII successfully. But she was soon drawn into depression due of some family issues. As a result, she had dropped out of school for two years and did not complete her studies.
Ms. Veena Garaciya
Miss Veena Garasiya is a resident of Chhatra Kutta Panchayat, Sajjangarh Tehsil, Banswara District, Rajasthan. She is a Bhil Adivasi girl from a poor family. Her parents are farmers. She is the eldest among six children. At present, she is a B.A. second-year student in college. Two years ago, she joined the Kishori Group initiated under the SAKHI project. She regularly participated in meetings, trainings, awareness programs, and many other activities conducted by the project. These activities helped her become more confident, active, and enthusiastic.
Ms. Pinki
Miss Pinki Rani D/o Shri Rajendra is a resident of Jani Khurd village, Meerut District. Pinki is the eldest girl in her family and has three sisters and a brother who are studying. Her father is a daily wage laborer and the sole earner of her family, her mother is a homemaker. The financial condition of the family is humble with difficult to bear the expense of daily bread. Pinki has passed the matriculation and then dropped out of studies due to the family circumstances.
Ms. Neelam Singh
Neelam Singh (20) is pursuing her final year of graduation and belongs to Jata village, Banki Block, Barabanki District, Lucknow. Her father is a farmer and also supplements the family income through daily wage labor. As the youngest child in the family, Neelam is deeply loved and supported by her family. Her dedication to education is evident, as she travels 21 kilometers daily by bicycle to attend college. However..
Roopa Yadav
Roopa Yadav lives in Barampura village in Tahrauli Block of Jhansi district. During an exposure visit to the police station, the station in-charge was so inspired by Roopa’s involvement in group activities that he conferred upon her the title “Power Angel”, in recognition of her spirit of volunteering. A unique identification card was also issued to Roopa in 2018, whereby she was given the authority to report to the police any untoward incident in her village.
Ms. Roshni Ahirvar
Lack of functional toilets in public schools is one of the main reasons for girls dropping out, especially during menstrual days. This also leads to open defecation which exposes the young girls to the risk of eve teasing. Triangular sessions with parents, teachers and adolescent girls addressed the issue of lack of sanitation facilities in the junior school, of Khalilabad block, SantKabir Nagar district in Gorakhpur.
Ms. Khushboo
Khushboo, an adolescent girl from Sukhdevpur village, Mathura District is one among those girls who wants to attain great heights in her life. There are nine members in her family, father, mother and seven sisters, Khusbhoo is the 2nd daughter among the seven. Her father owns a muda shop (handicraft cain bamboo chair) and mother is a housewife. Khushboo completed her secondary education and thereafter could not continue due to financial constraints.