For $500 per year, we can sponsor a group of 15 women who will receive literacy training.  Additionally, a daughter of every member will receive a scholarship to attend their local school.

For Dalit women, gender discrimination is compounded by low caste status. Educate the Children's (ETC) programs help rural Nepali women build the capacity to improve their own lives and create positive change in their communities. By supporting opportunities for Dalit women, we will also help educate their daughters.

For ETC, women's groups are the heart of social change. Beginning with basic literacy classes, participants form close bonds that strengthen as women learn about and celebrate their rights. Over time, groups merge to create cooperatives that take on the work of development.

Through ETC's women's groups new leaders and new organizations are born, fueling economic growth and community well-being long after ETC's formal work in a region is complete.

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