Goal 2 : Achieve universal primary education
Education is a fundamental human right and essential for sustainable human development. Since almost two-thirds of the world's 110 million children out of school are girls, ensuring their education is a top development priority. The Dakar Goal of Education for All urges nations to eliminate gender disparities and ensure that girls have full and equal access to basic education.
The Doosra Dashak project, supported by UNESCO, organizes skillsbased education for girls in residential camps. Peer education, through short training programmes, supports efforts to mobilize the community. In a matter of 18 months, Doosra Dashak has reached 91 villages in Rajasthan, and more than 1200 girls have received skillsbased training.Meet Muravvat from Nure ki Burj village, Rajasthan. Her father, Laldin, drives a tractor in Orissa and spends most of the year away from home. Her mother works in a nearby salt mine. Once, after an illness, Muravvat's mother decided to stop sending her to school. But, Doosra Dashak's project officers convinced her to return the girl to the educational camp.
Today, pride is writ large on the faces of her family as Muravvat solves mathematical questions and reads confidently from a book.
Read "Sails of Success" on the UNDP website at
http://www.undp.org.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=73&Itemid=157
Where do we go from here?
Project team in Bali block discussing next steps
Talking about what we can do about education and health
Garasia women meet with Doosra Dashak in Abu block
Meeting with Meghwal Samaj in Pali District
