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Recently, Lalita suddenly found herself as the sole provider for her family when a heavy tire fell on her husband breaking his right leg. This injury ended to his job as a laborer in Bombay. To make ends meet, she started working as a daily wage laborer, struggling to feed her children and take care of her injured husband. Life became incredibly difficult, and she bore the burden alone.
The 17-year-old had just completed high school and dreamed of continuing her education in accounting. However, her parents had other plans. They strictly forbade her from going to college or attending computer classes, insisting that she should get married instead. Despite her repeated attempts to reason with them, they remained firm in their decision. To them, her future was already set—marriage, not education.
In mid-June we have a very special opportunity to spend time with our in-country project manager as he will be visiting us for approximately two weeks. First, we’d like to …
GHN has awarded our first scholarship to a Christ-following young woman who is already on her path to earning a significant degree in the medical field.
Global Helps Network is seeking one or two volunteers to help publish the regular newsletter to share how God is working in India and Nepal. Could you help us?
Tailoring schools have been one of our most effective ways of helping young women escape the cycle of poverty. Find out how we are making our schools even better!
Another class of about twenty students graduated just one month ago from our Unplugged Hub Computer Training Course. We are so proud of them!
July marked the fourth month of our emergency nutrition program carried out by our Community Health Workers in the field.
We also held two graduations of tailoring schools. Three of our recent graduates have already purchased sewing machines and started to make money. These women make almost double their family’s monthly income with tailoring added to their daily work. The family unit becomes stronger and women are valued.
We discovered nearly ten women in two villages who are very malnourished, which motivated us to start the ‘Health Nutrition Project’ under the Community Health Worker banner.