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IND-2008-VC-1153
Chandmani Singh, 16, from the village of Rangamatia, works in the rice paddy, Chandmani is an uneducated girl who has never attended school because when she was young she was needed more to work at home. She is illiterate and unable to sign her own name. (NOTE: we’ve learned from local CARE staff that since our visit Chandmani has learned to sign her name). Chandmani spends her days taking the family bulls out to graze, working in the family's rice paddy and preparing their harvest. When there has been no work in the fields, she has also worked on road crews. Her time at home is spent carrying out her household chores, such as cooking, cleaning, gathering water, making rope and helping care for younger children. For many young women, such as Chandmani, who have not had exposure to education their movements are restricted and their worlds are quite limited because they have not developed the reading, writing, math or social skills to function safely away from their own villages. They often lack the confidence to feel they can express or even develop their own valid opinions about household or societal issues. Chandmani's older sister attended school up to grade 10. But when asked if she wished she had been able to attend school like her sister she simply stated that as a child she did not study so she sees no point in thinking about it now. She hopes her children will be able to attend school..
In the Mayurbhanj district of Orissa, CARE is implementing education programs through its long-established Flood Response Program (FRP) recognizing that education builds resilience within communities. CARE provides academic support at 103 schools through curriculum design and examining the learning continuum..
Within the 3 blocks of the district where CARE is beginning to program the current overall graduation rate out of 7th grade is 40%. While the student gender ratio is about 1:1 approximately 40% of girls drop out, particularly during harvest season. When girls enter adolescence they are encouraged to stay home, work and learn home-making skills so they will make proper wives. In this cultural context an educated girl will marry later (18+), can lead her family & community, can access banks & officials and is confident to speak freely. An uneducated girl will marry young (14), will marry an uneducated man will be restricted in her movement, often confined to the farm & 4 walls of the house to cook, clean, have children and will not be considered a valid member of the community, prevented from voting or holding office..
In the state of Orissa villages are tribal with 14 primitive tribes. In tribal communities 80% of those working in the field are women and as they produce more through their labor they are seen as an economic asset. .
IND-2008-VC-1153
Chandmani Singh, 16, from the village of Rangamatia, works in the rice paddy, Chandmani is an uneducated girl who has never attended school because when she was young she was needed more to work at home. She is illiterate and unable to sign her own name. (NOTE: we’ve learned from local CARE staff that since our visit Chandmani has learned to sign her name). Chandmani spends her days taking the family bulls out to graze, working in the family's rice paddy and preparing their harvest. When there has been no work in the fields, she has also worked on road crews. Her time at home is spent carrying out her household chores, such as cooking, cleaning, gathering water, making rope and helping care for younger children. For many young women, such as Chandmani, who have not had exposure to education their movements are restricted and their worlds are quite limited because they have not developed the reading, writing, math or social skills to function safely away from their own villages. They often lack the confidence to feel they can express or even develop their own valid opinions about household or societal issues. Chandmani's older sister attended school up to grade 10. But when asked if she wished she had been able to attend school like her sister she simply stated that as a child she did not study so she sees no point in thinking about it now. She hopes her children will be able to attend school..
In the Mayurbhanj district of Orissa, CARE is implementing education programs through its long-established Flood Response Program (FRP) recognizing that education builds resilience within communities. CARE provides academic support at 103 schools through curriculum design and examining the learning continuum..
Within the 3 blocks of the district where CARE is beginning to program the current overall graduation rate out of 7th grade is 40%. While the student gender ratio is about 1:1 approximately 40% of girls drop out, particularly during harvest season. When girls enter adolescence they are encouraged to stay home, work and learn home-making skills so they will make proper wives. In this cultural context an educated girl will marry later (18+), can lead her family & community, can access banks & officials and is confident to speak freely. An uneducated girl will marry young (14), will marry an uneducated man will be restricted in her movement, often confined to the farm & 4 walls of the house to cook, clean, have children and will not be considered a valid member of the community, prevented from voting or holding office..
In the state of Orissa villages are tribal with 14 primitive tribes. In tribal communities 80% of those working in the field are women and as they produce more through their labor they are seen as an economic asset. .