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ABFRL
SUSTAINABILITY
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SUCCESS STORIES | VSP SUCCESS STORY | KGBV
Lavanya Yashodha Nethravathi
H D Kote, Karnataka H D Kote, Karnataka Byrapatna, Karnataka
A brilliant student whose She successfully completed Our CSR team constantly supported and motivated her
parents could not nance her PU and is currently until she completed her graduation in Commerce. She
her higher education. enrolled in BE Computer currently works as a teacher in the same KGBV school
Science in a City where she studied and earns INR 5,000/month.
VSP took Lavanya under Engineering College.
its wing and today she is Nethravathi is now self-reliant and aspires to become a
living her dream and Yashodha is now chasing Chartered Accountant.
studying science in Jyothi her aspiration of becoming
Institute of Technology. a software engineer.

Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBV) EDUCATIONAL &
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
KGBV schools are an initiative under Government of India's
Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan' to support rural girl students to
continue their education and reduce dropouts. PRATHAM
ABFRL, through the MFL Jan Kalyan Trust, works with
Pratham, a Mumbai-based NGO, to spearhead a number
of initiatives in and around Jijamata Nagar in Mumbai.

Support to Balwadis This involves developing
cognitive, socio-emotional, linguistic and physical
development in children aged 3 to 5 years in the
Government-run preschools.

Parent Education Programmes These aim to educate
caregivers of children on promotion of hygiene and
INTERVENTION food habits, social and emotional development, and
responsible parenting practices.
1,044 girls from marginalised communities in Karnataka
bene tted from our support to 10 residential KGBVs Read India Urban Learning Camps These are short
(5 schools through direct intervention and another 5 duration intense activities where children in Std. III to VII
through SVYM) in Bengaluru, Channapatna, Ramanagar lagging behind in age appropriate learning levels are
and across Mysuru district. taught math and language in a focussed manner
through Combined Activities for Maximised Learning
The support includes teaching aids, improving the
(CAMaL) methodology.
quality of teaching at the schools, ensuring sanitation
facilities, providing leadership training support, life Science Camps Targeted at children in the age group 10
skills training, nancial literacy training and career to 14 years, the objective is to make learning science, a
guidance to the students. Apart from encouragement fun experience for children. The team trains the children
to academics, we also organised WASH awareness to conduct Science Fairs in the community on their own.
sessions for 500 girls, leading to 50% decrease in water
English Camps These camps work on basic vocabulary,
& nutrition-related diseases. conversation skills, punctuation and reading skills of
children in the age group 10 to 14 years.
OUTCOME
Library Programme This programme aims to reach out
%
Enrolment and retention
Results for the record 5th time
to all children in the age group 3 to 14 years by giving
WASH awareness
them access to quality books to read.
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