Project Brief: 1. Academic Support for 1500 girls in 60 villages of Bhilai, Chattisgarh to reduce dropouts
2. Material Support for Health Hygiene / Free Sanitary Napkins
3. Gender-Responsive
Project Type: Community Based Interventions (description)
Primary Focus: girls (description)

Secondary Focus: dropouts

Area: Rural
Supporting Chapter Contact:
Austin

Status: CURRENT
Project Steward: Shruti Motiwale
Project Partner(s): Parimal Sinha
Project Address: Sankalp Ek Prayas Society, Bhilai - Garima
ROOM NO-3, CONTRACTOR BUILDING, NSPCL TOWNSHIP
Bhilai, Chhattisgarh 490006
Tel: 011 91 9425553681
Stewarding Chapter: Austin

Problem Description:
The problem statement is an outcome of the survey done during March-2021 in 60 target villages of Bhilai-Durg region of Chhattisgarh for applying to ASHA FOR EDUCATION SILICON VALLEY EDU IMPACT 2021:
1. Estimated ~500 girl child drop out cases in 60 villages, ~70% in Class 9 and 10
2. No other solution addressing this problem
3. “Lack of Awareness for girl’s Education” emerges as the most causal important factor (61%)
4. Girls do not have access to gender specific knowledge and awareness due to scarcity of trained and expert teachers/mentors/experts in remote areas
5. No specific mechanism to impart life skills knowledge, resulting in low confidence. Girls not ready to face today’s competitive environment.
6. 70% of girls covered in the survey use ‘CLOTHS’ in lieu of “Sanitary Napkins” and 40% of girls resorted to “Absenteeism” from school during menstrual period time. 
7. A total of 1040 School Days lost per month due to unavailability of Sanitary Napkins
8. The absence of any mechanism to get them overcoming these phase particularly relating to menstrual hygiene awareness and availability of sanitary napkins in the villages is resulting into huge absenteeism, health concerns and impact on the girls social, emotional and educational upbringing.

Solution Approach:
1. PREFERENCES FOR GIRLS CHILD EDUCATION- Whole societal preferences for girl’s child education and completion of quality education
2. REDUCING GIRLS CHILD DROP OUTS: - An institutional mechanism for all 60 villages in coordination with village community, schools, parents, advocacy group to make sure the girl child drop out cases to be addressed with all sensitivity
3. LIFE SKILLS AND FUTURE READINESS FOR GIRLS
4. COMPLETE MENSTRUAL HYGIENE SUPPORT TO GIRLS IN VILLAGES