Hello Supporters, Donors and Friends,

Can you believe we’re half way through the year? Well it’s been rather fun and eventful over here in India. For this update, I decided to take a slightly different approach and do a bit of a deeper look back at exactly what we have achieved together, as well as give you a sneak peek into our latest milestones from the last three months!

We all know the global climate is serving up unique financial challenges right now, creating a bit of a catch-22. As life gets a bit tougher for people, more families are pushed into hardship, meaning the demand for equal access to education and vocational training has skyrocketed just as general fundraising takes a quiet turn. Behind the scenes, we have done everything humanly possible to strip our costs right back to the bare bones so every single penny goes straight to our front lines.

But honestly? Our outlook remains fiercely positive because of you! You are the absolute backbone of this mission.

Following on from our recent updates about breaking the cycle of extreme poverty and the wonderful stories from our Kerala workshops, we want to celebrate what your generosity builds. Our main focus is putting training over funding—equipping women and young people with the literal tools, IT literacy, and confidence they need to secure a sustainable livelihood.

Thanks to your ongoing support over the years, look at the amazing milestones we have achieved together:

• The “Girl Power” Safe Spaces: We have sustained vibrant weekly community hubs where rural women gather, learn crafts, build mutual trust, and break silences by discussing sensitive health and wellness topics with complete dignity.

• Empowering Future Generations: We have successfully provided children with essential educational materials and improved learning environments to ensure they stay in school.

• What We Did This Quarter: Over the last three months, we have kept our core centres open, running our life-skills workshops smoothly, and distributing vital health kits to girls and women in the villages.

While seeing this human impact is spectacular, it brings us to our biggest hurdle right now: long-term sustainability.

Opening the doors to our centres and buying workshop supplies requires a predictable heartbeat of funding. Right now, this project is facing a real challenge because we currently have not a single monthly donor on the books to give us a regular income.

This means our work has to be ad-hoc—we raise funds hard, split those precious resources across our vital programs, and stretch them as far as possible until we can raise more. It is challenging, but we know the impact is amazing. We want to change this so we can put a strong, permanent monthly work program in place.

We noticed that just under 300 wonderful people have supported and donated to this project in the past.

Let’s Dream Big For a Second! Imagine if every single one of our past supporters felt able to set up a regular $5 (about £4) a month commitment. That would instantly create a roaring, life-changing $1,500 USD every single month!

With a regular heartbeat of funding like that, we could build a rock-solid work program for these women and students without the constant stress of running dry. As the old saying goes, if you don’t ask you don’t get, so we are putting that big, positive dream out into the universe! If a monthly donation isn’t in the cards for you, you can still be an absolute superstar by sharing our project link with your networks for free. Every single share really does count.

A Few Fun and Inspiring Facts!

• The Power of the Pen: Did you know that a child born to a mother who can read is 50% more likely to survive past the age of 5? Education truly changes generations!

• A Mathematical Marvel: India gave the world the concept of zero! The revolutionary idea of treating zero as a number was developed by ancient Indian mathematicians.