Monthly Archives: July 2014

PRERNA MEANS INSPIRATION: GIRLS REFUSE FORCED MARRIAGES TO GAIN AN EDUCATION

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The astounding success of the Prerna Girls School program is a lesson to many others working for education, women’s empowerment and solving a host of issues identified in the Millennium Development Goals as critical: health, education, poverty eradication, literacy, population pressure, environmental degradation, to name a few.

Perhaps most importantly, Prerna Girls School also serves as an empowering location for reducing forced marriages on young women – one of the harshest of forced treatments for young women.

PRERNA RESULTS 2013 – 2014

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NAME   SCORED TAKEN ADMISSION Divya Singh 80% National  P.G  College Rubaida  Khatoon 80% Karamat Girls Degree College Meena Kannaujia 78% Lucknow University (L.L.B  HONORS) Suman Kannaujia 77% Karamat Girls Preeti Verma 77% Nari  Girls collage Durgesh  Kumari  76% Karamat … Continue reading →

VEERANGANA BRAVERY AWARD 2014

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“Shivani’s courage and action are a model for girls everywhere, and Prerna continues to show us what girls’ education can and should be. Thank you!”

– Dr. Glynda Hull,
Elizabeth H. and Eugene A. Shurtleff Chair in Undergraduate Education
University of California, Berkeley

“My god, what an act of bravery indeed, and of education and self-preservation and intelligence.”

– Dr.Kathleen Gallagher
Professor
Canada Research Chair
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
University of Toronto