At greenlight for girls, we believe that Anything Is Possible, and that every girl has the right to dream big. But there are bright girls in many parts of the world for whom accessing the possibilities that life has to offer is a challenge. College education is an expensive affair, and, for parents with monthly incomes ranging below $60, saving money for their children’s education is not an option. That’s why we created the Global Scholarship Project a few years ago, as an attempt to empower these girls by giving wings for their dreams to take off.
When we first initiated this project in 2013, we helped 8 bright girls with dreams of pursuing a career in science. Together with our network, we managed to entirely fund their college educations through the Global Scholarship Project. Today, these girls are finishing up their degree, and we now want to continue to reach even more girls!
During the past few months in Bengaluru, India, we accepted 8 exceptionally bright girls to our g4g Scholarship programme, all curious and eager to learn, all of them coming from very low-income families and challenging backgrounds. Their wish is to go to college and become teachers, engineers, entrepreneurs, statisticians, and more. You can help these 8 girls by providing funding for their scholarships and tuition! And now we are also thrilled to extend our project to a different region of India: Rajasthan! With our local partner on the ground, we are excited to fund a rural fellowship for 7 additional bright and motivated girls.
Meet some of our scholarship girls below!
18-year-old Navya lives with her mother, who works every day but earns too small an income. Beating all odds, Navya completed her Pre-University College; When she was younger, she hesitated between joining the armed forces or becoming a doctor. She was too short for the first one, and didn’t have the financial means for the latter. Her father encouraged her to study engineering, a program she is currently following in order to help her improve the lives of others. She is fluent in English which is something she picked up on her own.
Kashi and Divya were both born in Bengaluru to single mothers. They live alone with their mothers, who work as well but still can’t afford to keep sending them to college. Their wish is to become lecturers. Today, they are hardworking young girls, struggling to continue their studies at the Vasavi Education Trust Bengaluru.
Hamsalekha and Apoorva are two step-sisters, both born in into single parent families. Their mothers are working as Coolies (unskilled laborers). Hamsalekha loves quizzes and is generally a finalist. She upcycles old denim jeans into bags, newspapers into pens and would love to start an upcycling for-profit entity. Her dream is to link design-thinking, sustainability, and fashion, to become a design entrepreneur. Apoorva loves numbers, business, and accounting: she would like to keep studying commerce.
Roopa is an orphan, born in Tumkur. She has been staying at an orphanage for the past 8 years and now dreams of studying commerce and management.
Jyothi was born in Siddapur, Karnataka to a single mother. She is fluent in Sanskrit (one of the world's oldest languages) and so passionate about this language that she would love to promote it further. She also speaks Kannada (the language spoken in the state of Karnataka, where Bengaluru is the State capital), and loves history. She comes from a family of teachers and wants to take forward that legacy so she can help other girls and boys, to have access to an education and a brighter future.
Finally, Laxmi studies in class 11 in the Arts stream. Her favorite subject is economics though she does not feel very well versed in political science. She is from Tumkur, loves street food, and spent 5 years at the Dwarka centre of Nele. She hasn’t completely decided on her future yet, but for now, she wants to study more to become a teacher.
After a few years of college, these girls would in turn become “change agents” and make a difference as future mothers and leaders thereby touching and influencing many more lives. It's the "Chain of Change". This chain would not just stop with these 15 girls, as they will have the opportunity to influence many more lives… And you can be a part of it too!
With your help, Anything is Possible!
