VIEWS organised State level Multi Stakeholders Meet on Prevention of Child Marriage with the support from Action Aid & UNICEF

Children with visual impairments face disproportionate challenges in learning and by the time they reach college, they are significantly under-represented in science, mathematics and other disciplines. In all the 19 schools for the visually challenged in Odisha, students continue...

VIEWS launched Digital Literacy Project in urban slums of Bhubaneswar with the support of Asia Initiatives

Menstrual Hygiene Management project organised with the support of 1% Fund for Development VIEWS conducting community meetings to create awanress on menstrual hygiene among adolescent girls at village level VIEWS conducting Video shows on importance of menstrual hygiene Process...

Background:The 1st workshop titled “District level sensitization workshop cum exposure visits to Shraddha Clinic” was organized in collaboration with District Swastya Samiti in Rayagada. In addition,resource and communication materials like posters and leaflets on Shraddha Clincin local language were...

The quest for a clean India his begun. As the country undertakes its “Swacch” journey, there seem to be numerous issues, ground realities and expectations of the various stakeholders that need to be brought to the forefront and included...

Since the launch of Rashtriya Kishore Swasthya Karyakram (RKSK), India’s flagship programme for adolescent, UNFPA has been working closely with the central and state governments and other key stakeholders to incubate innovate and replicate various strategies for successful implementation...

Bhubaneswar-the state capital of Odisha is a home to an ever increasing migrant workforce from the interior pockets of the state looking for employment opportunities. Majority of these men and women land up in the slums and join the unorganized sector ending up as construction workers, municipality sweepers, housemaids etc. The children are often left behind to fend for themselves. Although enrolled to nearby government schools, a majority of these children remain disinterested in studies. Many of them –especially the girl’s dropout and stay back at home to raise their younger siblings and cook for their parents. These young women subsequently end up joining their parents in the unorganized sector and the vicious cycle is repeated. Several houses in the slums are replete with stories of early marriages, death due to early child birth, sexual violence and young mothers deserted by their husbands.

There is an immediate need of intervention to help these girls reach their full potential by providing them the right support, education and resources. These young women must be motivated to spend more time in school and complete their education. They must be sensitised  that  discontinuing their school to carry out domestic duties, such as caring for younger siblings, cooking and whiling away their time,  undermines their opportunities for education and employment.

The overall project goal is  to inspire and empower 100 disadvantaged adolescent girls to transform their lives through life skills education, employment and entrepreneurship.

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Millets Promotion: Millets are highly nutritious and have several health benefits. “People are taking up millet farming along with paddy. Green Gram, pigeon pea, Sunflower, ground nut, Til and Ragi (Finger Millets) are the major source of alternative source...