A brighter future for India’s daughters
Gulmakai Champion Rehana Rehman is giving girls like Razia an opportunity to learn.
In northern India, when families struggle to make ends meet, educating their daughters becomes a luxury.
That’s why Malala Fund is investing in education advocates like Rehana Rehman, who promotes girls’ education in rural Indian villages and persuades parents that school will give their daughters a brighter future.
Malala Fund supporters are helping Rehana — and 23 other activists that make up the Gulmakai Network — further their work in regions where girls face the greatest barriers to education. Donate today so Rehana and Malala Fund’s Gulmakai Network can reach even more out-of-school girls.
For years, Rehana has helped girls like Razia, whose family took her out of school after grade 8. Razia was determined to continue her education — and Rehana helped to convince her parents.
It wasn’t easy. Sometimes the family didn’t have enough food and Razia had to help her mother with work to earn money. Their home has no electricity, so Razia did her homework by candlelight. But today Razia is still in school and dreams of becoming a teacher.
More than 130 million girls out of school around the world don’t have people like Rehana to look out for them. With your support, we can help Rehana and the rest of the Gulmakai Network reach more girls.
Local educators and activists understand challenges in their communities and are best placed to identify, innovate and advocate for policy and programmatic solutions.
