Shadhika
Reading Time: 2 minutes This Giving Tuesday the girls we serve want to thank you, the donors who are making a huge positive impact on their lives. Because of your support, in 2015 Shadhika was able to expand its reach to two new sites in Delhi and Bangalore. In Delhi, we are supporting STOP India – an organization that
Reading Time: 3 minutes The following is a reprint of Shadhikaâs CEOâs (Kim Burnett) remarks from our fall fundraisers. A recent study found that India was the worst country for women among all the G20 nationsÂč. Why is this? Because extreme poverty, an entrenched patriarchal culture, and the on-going presence of the dowry system compel many poor families to
Reading Time: 3 minutes One morning in early May, I opened my email and saw the subject âRINKI.â My heart sank. Rinki is one of the 37 âDalitâ (untouchable) girls from Buddhaâs Smile School (BSS) that we have been supporting to attend middle school. I had just seen Rinki and her mother during our March site visit and congratulated
Reading Time: 3 minutes Fighting Modern Day Slavery in India By Sharon Malhotra, Shadhika supporter Today, India is home to more slaves than any other country in the world. Reports estimate the number to be between 14-20 million, some claim the number to be much higher. Slavery has many faces: debt bondage, forced child labor, domestic servitude, forced marriage,
Reading Time: 3 minutes Over the summer, I spent three weeks in India visiting the groups we support, both old and new, discussing their work during the past year and their plans for the future. It was wonderful to hear that this year, the first 3 girls will graduate from secondary school at Buddhaâs Smile School in Varanasi and
Reading Time: 3 minutes Should She Go to School or Get Married? How Child Marriage Impacts Indian Girls By Dana Kornberg, BSS Volunteer Educating our young people depends on many of the right ingredients coming together successfully, but if they canât make it to school in the first place, then the rest is a lost cause. For many Indian
Reading Time: < 1 minutes In May, the Bradford Intermediate School Chapter of âGirls on the Run of the Rockiesâ (GOTR) in Littleton, CO invited Shadhika to talk about what life is like for a girl in India. GOTR is an after-school program is for girls in the 3rd to 5th grades that promotes a healthy lifestyle and âinspires girls