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In India, three million girls[br]are not in school.

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That's one in three girls aged 10-14.

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But Educate Girls is changing that.

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The prevailing mindset is

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that my goat is an asset and[br]my girl is a liability.

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And it's really about changing[br]that mindset.

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My name is Bhagwanti.

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Before I go to school I have[br]to do the housework:

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cook meals, wash up,[br]take the goats to graze.

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Sometimes I clean the house too.

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First and foremost,[br]in every village where we enter

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we find a community volunteer.

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Our volunteers are young,[br]they're educated, they're passionate.

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They themselves really want[br]to see a change.

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They go door-to-door and they find[br]every single girl who's out of school.

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Then, they actually sit with the community

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and make community-based[br]enrolment plans

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for bringing these girls[br]back into school.

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Community volunteers or 'Balikas'[br]work with village schools...

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to ensure they are safe[br]and have girl's toilets.

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They also help tutor the girls.

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So, then our Team Balika volunteers[br]come inside

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the government school classroom

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and they run a remedial in Hindy,[br]English and Maths

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to make sure that all the children[br]- girls and boys,

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are actually achieving[br]the learning outcomes required.

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It's about every single girl[br]coming to school.

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It's about every single girl[br]contributing to the changing world.

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It's about every single girl[br]contributing to the change in the family,

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and it's about every single girl[br]contributing to the changes

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in community at large.

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We are talking about better health,[br]better income.

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We are talking about better education,[br]so it's for every single child.

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There's like 50, 60 per cent of the girls[br]in Rajasthan who are married

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bellow the age of 18.

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Nationwide that child marriage[br]percentage is very high.

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A lot of the children also,[br]about 10-15 per cent

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that are married bellow the age of 10.

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I was married off by my parents at 14.

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I was studying in 8th standard.[br]The boy's parents had agreed

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to continue my studies but[br]as soon as my exams results came through

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they backed off from their promise.

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Neelam is one of the 10,000 Balikas[br]at Educated Girls.

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They have helped two million children.

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I want to become a teacher after studying[br]and teach other girls

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because when you are educated[br]you have courage,

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can stand on your own feet,[br]find a job

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and support your family financially.

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Every extra year of school can boost[br]a woman's income by up to 20%.

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In the last 10 years I'm really proud[br]to say that we have found

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and brought back to school[br]150,000 out-of-school girls

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that are now connected[br]and are attending school and learning.