{"id":2498,"date":"2017-02-06T13:26:48","date_gmt":"2017-02-06T13:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/educategirls.ngo\/blog\/?p=1502"},"modified":"2023-09-05T10:32:54","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T05:02:54","slug":"suddenly-i-didnt-feel-so-alone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.educategirls.ngo\/blog\/suddenly-i-didnt-feel-so-alone\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201csuddenly, I Didn&#8217;t Feel So Alone!\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In my village in Rajasthan, it is common for girls to drop out of school after Class 5. It\u2019s because after Class 5, the children have to travel 3 kilometers away to the nearest school to study further, and this means they have to cross a national highway where cars and heavy vehicles zoom past. That\u2019s why most parents don\u2019t allow their girls to continue studying.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2529\" src=\"https:\/\/www.educategirls.ngo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/blog_-educate-girls_-team-balika-1-2-e1517561377981.jpg\" alt=\"blog_-educate-girls_-team-balika-1-2.jpg\" width=\"1920\" height=\"881\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I\u2019ve always wanted to do something about this but didn\u2019t know where to start. In 2016, I came across some wall paintings, posters and loudspeaker announcements about a Recruitment Day event for Team Balika (community-volunteer). It caught my attention and I went to the event (<em>with some apprehension<\/em>). I was shocked to see over 200 people at the venue!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I joined Educate Girls as a Team Balika soon after. During training I met the other new Team Balika and it was heartening to see so many people committed to the cause of girls\u2019 education and the desire to do something good for their village. Suddenly, I didn\u2019t feel so alone!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>I enjoy being a Team Balika because it has given me a sort of authority to speak with my village members about how we need to change our attitude concerning how much importance we give to girls\u2019 education. It is the reason I have started studying again.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2530\" style=\"width: 1475px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2530\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2530\" src=\"https:\/\/www.educategirls.ngo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/blog_-educate-girls_-team-balika-13.jpg\" alt=\"blog_ educate girls_ Team Balika 13.JPG\" width=\"1465\" height=\"815\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2530\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Dadam Devi with her children<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.educategirls.ngo\/\"><strong>Educate Girls<\/strong><\/a> works in partnership with the government by collaborating with the Sarv Shikha Abhiyaan (SSA) \u2013 the execution wing under the RTE (Right to Education) Act of India. This means that in some ways when we are volunteering with Educate Girls, it\u2019s a way of getting the common man\u2019s voice to the authorities in the village and in the state. Educate Girls involves all members of the village to be mobilised for the cause, which I feel is a great way to ensure that in the future my daughter doesn\u2019t have to make the choice I had to.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Education should be a basic right and necessity and I\u2019m glad that through Educate Girls I get to be a part of this change.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Dadam Devi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In my village in Rajasthan, it is common for girls to drop out of school after Class 5. It\u2019s because after Class 5, the children have to travel 3 kilometers away to the nearest school to study further, and this means they have to cross a national highway where cars and heavy vehicles zoom past. 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