Building Our Girls Futures

From there, we developed Future School, a modern program focused on getting girls into primary school and helping them stay there through tuition assistance, educational support, and community intervention. This reality was all too familiar for our FRContent team member Pooja Pandey, who herself was fortunate enough to go to school and decide her future but knew many others that weren’t as lucky. In rural India, tradition dominates which means modern opportunties for girls are few and far between. In order to spark change, we had to start where it mattered most, the community.

Community intervention is more than stepping in and labeling a situation as black and white. It is about partnering to better understand the needs and expectations of the community as well as serve as a representative for those who have not been given a choice. Only then can true progress be acheived.