Among children not attending school, there are twice as many girls as boys, and among illiterate adults, there are twice as many women as men. Offering girls basic education is a sure way of giving them much greater power — enabling them to make genuine choices over the kinds of lives they wish to lead. This is not a luxury. The Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women establish it as a basic human right-UNICEF

We at CHORD promote Girl’s Education because we believe that:

• Educated Women might have the chance of a healthier and happier life”- This should be a strong enough reason.
• An educated woman has the skills, information, and self-confidence that she needs to be a better parent, worker, and citizen.
• An educated woman will also be more productive at work.
• The dividend for educational investment is often higher for women than men.

Why we at CHORD Promote Girl’s Education:

• Educated Women might have the chance of a healthier and happier life and should be a strong enough reason for promoting girls’ education.
• An educated woman has the skills, information, and self-confidence that she needs to be a better parent, worker, and citizen.
• An educated woman will also be more productive at work.
• The dividend for educational investment is often higher for women than men.
• For vulnerable and working young girls in slums.

CHORD believes that education, particularly for the girl child, has been a highly effective tool for social change that includes family planning, subscription to better health care and hygiene for children, and equalizing the male-to-female ratio in employment in all sectors.

CHORD strives to protect these young girls and provide them with neighborhood schooling programs as per our development model that enables the child toward academic and intrinsic progress through Formal/Vocational education. We believe that support during adolescent ages creates a lasting effect on the lives of the girls further empowering them to be independent and responsible women who will grow to lead change in their families and communities.

AASHIRWAD School for Girl Child Education in Hyderabad

Project Overview & Scope: CHORD strives to rescue, educate, and mainstream 150 working girl children (Migrated Urban Child Laborers) every year through their bridge school project in Ranga Reddy District, Telangana, India. The challenge is to break the cyclic life pattern of working children through the innovative remedial school education program developed by the organization. The program not only provides a holistic and flexible learning opportunity to children, but also emphasizes supporting them in their early adulthood stage.

The objective is to rebuild a strong learning foundation, which has been denied to them so that they can be integrated into mainstream education. Aashirwad School for Girl Children which is in its eighth year of implementation, is a social intervention jointly initiated by CHORD and Qualcomm and it aims to educate, empower, enrich, and enliven the lives of girl children. This endeavor would help them acquire primary, secondary, and higher education, provide them with vocational training and prepare them for a bright successful future.