Priorities

Improve nutritional status of adolescents

Improve menstrual hygiene and sexual health among adolescents

Address gender-based violence and promote gender equality

Our Current Projects

Sphoorthi

Evolving strategies to empower adolescent girls through capacitating local role model girls and parents in Koppal district

Sahaj

Improving menstrual hygiene and sexual health among adolescents and young women in Koppal

Vulnerability Mapping Framework research

Developing a framework to identify vulnerable adolescent communities in India

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Voices from the Ground

Hanumathu, father of a role model adolescent girl from Yelamgera minces no words as he openly shares with us and other villagers that he will extend “full support” to #Sphoorthi activities. Hanumanthu being true to his word, ferries the girls to and fro from Yelamgera village to the Sphoorthi vacation classes, about 20 minutes away from the village. The vacation classes are organised to train girls for Xth Standard. Hanumanthu’s commitment is not just to his daughter but to all the girls who aspire to do well in school. He is one of the many #RoleModelParents who are a part of the movement for adolescent empowerment in Koppal Sphoorthi villages. “I will make my daughter study till she says enough!”, says Hanumanthu as he adjusts his seat to drive a bunch of happy faces for their tuition classes.

“In my class, children from SC/ST communities used to sit separately. I began to sit with them because I wanted to break that divide”

Pushpa, Sphoorthi adolescent girl, 8th Std, Mainahalli, Koppal

“When I went over to a friend’s place to have a casual chat, she started crying and said she couldn’t get sanitary pads. She shared taht the schools which used to provide Suchi pads, and the shops in the village were closed. The adolescent girls in rural areas are suffering under such circumstances, and I want the government authorities to respond to the needs of adolescent girls in Koppal by ensuring the supply of sanitary napkins,”

Suma, Hosanakpur Village, Koppal

Previous Projects

Samata

Improving the quality of life of adolescent girls from marginalised communities in northern Karnataka

Sabala

Providing health awareness and life skills to adolescent girls from vulnerable communities in Bijapur district

Adolescent Health Partners