Young Girls India’s mission statement is simple - to educate girls to become a girl with direction and hope. To be a mentor to other girls. To change the world.
Sarah with the participants of Young Girls India on her visit to Kalimpong, West Bengal, India
Our Beginning
Young Girls India, Inc came into being when the founder Sarah Murphy Travis travelled to India in the Spring of 2019. While traveling through urban India and getting to know the families along her way, she noticed there was a fundamental difference between the expected roles of the boys and the girls, and the value of their education was remarkably different. Sarah decided to be the agent of change to benefit girls allowing them to be educated at the secondary and post-secondary levels.
“Each girl knows that education is her only path to a better future.”
In October of 2019 Sarah returned to India to spend time with young girls that became the first group of students of Young Girls India, Inc. During this trip she and Rajiv Lochan, Vice President, visited the schools where the girls will attend for their education.
Nikisha and her schoolmates- Cluny Women College, Kalimpong
It is hard to receive a good education being a young girl in India. Girls are thought to cook and clean all day and are not given the opportunity to learn math and science. They must take care of their family and do not have time to read literature or write poetry. They do not have the privilege to earn an education like young girls in America.
Our Mission
Young Girls India aims to increase the educational opportunities available for girls in India. With the commitment to empowering young women, the determination to overcome obstacles presented by socioeconomic status, and the pledge to equip girls with the necessary resources for success, Young Girls India is changing the lives of girls in India by providing them with the skills to improve their social and economic situations in their country.
57%
female literacy rate in urban India
80%
male literacy rate in urban India
32%
of girls do not go beyond 10th grade
Mentor and Tutor Thinlay and Anu ma’am teaching the girls the history of their culture and about celebrating
Get Involved
By providing girls with a mentor and tutors for literature and math and science, we will be giving them the chance to receive the education they deserve and to have courage. In order to make this possible, Young Girls India needs your help. Consider giving back and making a donation to give these girls the strength to be well educated confident young women.
Educated girls become empowered women