Aarambha

  • P Project/Program

? Activity Status: Unknown

Key Information

People In Need’s Aarambha project will support up to 8,500 married, out-of-school adolescent girls from the central Terai region, one of the poorest regions of Nepal with the highest rates of illiteracy, innumeracy, and early marriage. The project seeks to address the issue of girls’ low social status – the principal barrier impeding their safety, health and education – and to improve their learning outcomes through formal and non-formal education methods.

Lead Implementing Organization(s)

Location(s)

South Asia

Nepal

Activity URL

https://girlseducationchallenge.org/projects/project/aarambha/#/article/aarambha

Government Affiliation

Non-governmental program

Years

Not applicable or unknown

Partner(s)

Aasaman Nepal

Ministry Affiliation

Unknown

Funder(s)

Not applicable or unknown

COVID-19 Response

Unknown

Geographic Scope

Global / regional

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Other skills

  • Life skills/sexuality education

Quality

  • School-related gender-based violence
  • Teacher training

Skills

  • Literacy
  • Numeracy

Cross-cutting areas

  • Adolescent pregnancy/childbearing
  • Community sensitization
  • Early/child marriage
  • Menstrual hygiene management
  • Mentorship
  • Social and gender norms and beliefs

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Girls out of school

Age

10 - 19

School Enrolment Status

All out of school

School Level

  • Upper primary
  • Lower secondary
  • Upper secondary
  • Tertiary

Other populations reached

  • Boys out of school
  • Other community members - female
  • Other community members - male
  • Policymakers

Participants include

Not applicable or unknown

Program Approaches Back to Top

Community engagement/advocacy/sensitization

  • Community mobilization
  • General awareness-raising/community engagement

Mentoring/psychosocial support

  • Adult (non-teacher) mentors

Teaching

  • In-service teacher training – gender-responsive pedagogy

Tutoring/strengthening academic skills

  • Literacy - in the classroom
  • Numeracy - in the classroom

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Improved academic skills (literacy and numeracy)
  • Increased literacy
  • Increased numeracy
  • Increased years of schooling
  • Reduced absenteeism
  • Teachers and learners have the knowledge and skills to promote gender equality

Cross-cutting goals

  • Changed social norms
  • Improved health - other
  • Improved maternal, newborn, and/or child health (MNCH)
  • More equitable gender attitudes and norms
  • Reduced adolescent pregnancy/childbearing
  • Reduced child marriage
  • Reduced school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV)