WEBVTT 00:00:00.940 --> 00:00:04.940 In India, three million girls are not in school. 00:00:04.940 --> 00:00:08.260 That's one in three girls aged 10-14. 00:00:08.260 --> 00:00:11.770 But Educate Girls is changing that. 00:00:15.885 --> 00:00:18.755 The prevailling mindset is 00:00:18.755 --> 00:00:22.825 that my goat is an asset and my girl is a liability. 00:00:22.825 --> 00:00:25.975 And it's really about changing that mindset. 00:00:29.635 --> 00:00:31.775 My name is Bhagwanti. 00:00:33.607 --> 00:00:36.637 Before I go to school I have to do the housework: 00:00:36.637 --> 00:00:40.267 cook meals, wash up, take the goats to graze. 00:00:40.267 --> 00:00:42.655 Sometimes I clean the house too. 00:00:44.408 --> 00:00:47.568 First and foremost, in every village where we enter 00:00:47.568 --> 00:00:49.978 we find a community volunteer. 00:00:49.978 --> 00:00:53.238 Our volunteers are young, they're educated, they're passionate. 00:00:53.238 --> 00:00:56.288 They themselves really want to see a change. 00:00:57.848 --> 00:01:01.848 They go door-to-door and they find every single girl who's out of school. 00:01:05.195 --> 00:01:07.745 Then, they actually sit with the community 00:01:07.745 --> 00:01:09.655 and make community-based enrolment plans 00:01:09.655 --> 00:01:12.145 for bringhing these girls back into school. 00:01:12.145 --> 00:01:15.095 Community volunteers or 'Balikas' work with village schools... 00:01:15.095 --> 00:01:17.635 to ensure they are safe and have girl's toilets. 00:01:17.635 --> 00:01:20.867 They also help tutor the girls. 00:01:24.257 --> 00:01:27.174 So, then our Team Balika volunteers come inside 00:01:27.174 --> 00:01:28.824 the government school classroom 00:01:28.824 --> 00:01:31.724 and they run a remedial in Hindy, English and Maths 00:01:31.724 --> 00:01:34.324 to make sure that all the children - girls and boys, 00:01:34.324 --> 00:01:37.534 are actually achieving the learning outcomes requiered. 00:01:40.032 --> 00:01:44.411 It's about every single girl coming to school. 00:01:44.601 --> 00:01:49.387 It's about every single girl contributing to the changing world. 00:01:49.593 --> 00:01:53.803 It's about every single girl contributing to the change in the family, 00:01:53.974 --> 00:01:57.974 and it's about every single girl contributing to the changes 00:01:57.974 --> 00:01:59.847 in community at large. 00:01:59.847 --> 00:02:03.497 We are talking about better health, better income. 00:02:03.497 --> 00:02:08.210 We are talking about better education, so it's for every single child. 00:02:10.658 --> 00:02:14.518 There's like 50, 60 per cent of the girls in Rajasthan who are married 00:02:14.518 --> 00:02:15.768 bellow the age of 18. 00:02:15.768 --> 00:02:19.318 Nationwide that child marriage percentage is very high. 00:02:20.535 --> 00:02:23.666 A lot of the children also, about 10-15 per cent 00:02:23.666 --> 00:02:25.966 that are married bellow the age of 10. 00:02:26.242 --> 00:02:28.492 I was married off by my parrents at 14. 00:02:28.492 --> 00:02:31.482 I was studying in 8th standard. The boy's parrents had agreed 00:02:31.482 --> 00:02:34.672 to continue my studies but as soon as my exams results came through 00:02:34.672 --> 00:02:39.304 they backed off from their promise. 00:02:39.442 --> 00:02:42.472 Neelam is one of the 10,000 Balikas at Educated Girls. 00:02:42.472 --> 00:02:46.472 They have helped two million children. 00:02:48.280 --> 00:02:52.360 I want to become a teacher after studying and teach other girls 00:02:52.360 --> 00:02:56.280 because when you are educated you have courage, 00:02:56.280 --> 00:02:59.735 can stand on your own feet, find a job 00:02:59.735 --> 00:03:02.755 and support your family financially. 00:03:03.738 --> 00:03:07.738 Every extra year of school can boost a woman's income by up to 20%. 00:03:07.738 --> 00:03:10.808 In the last 10 years I'm really proud to say that we have found 00:03:10.808 --> 00:03:14.448 and brought back to school 150,000 out-of-school girls 00:03:14.448 --> 00:03:18.598 that are now connected and are attending school and learning.