Meena, an 18-year-old EMG who lives in South Karnataka received a phone call from her husband on a sunny June day, informing her that he wouldn’t come home for a few days. Meena’s heart dropped as she didn’t understand why her husband who was otherwise supportive would not return home and leave the responsibility of their two children […]
Anjali, an active movement leader lives in Chamarajanagar district, Karnataka. Soon after she became a teenager, her father planned to get her married. She had no choice but to accept the decision of her father and move to her in-law’s house at such a tender age. She took upon her shoulder innumerable household chores of […]
CategoriesBlog COVID-19 updates Success StoriesJust when the child marriage of a 12-year-old Sneha* was about to take place, the Regional Secretariat staff of Bagalkot, Karnataka, accompanied by the movement leaders of our IMAGE project against child marriages, reached the venue and stopped it. Sneha, who has grown up seeing her cousins get married at the age of 10 to […]
CategoriesBlog COVID-19 updates Success StoriesWe are well aware of the challenges Covid-19 brought especially in the lives of students. They couldn’t go to schools or colleges, their classroom became a zoom room and regular socializing became social distancing. Education truly became a challenge. But what about the children whose lives were always a challenge? How did they study? Have […]
CategoriesBlog COVID-19 updates News and UpdatesThe COVID 19 pandemic has taken away the opportunities of learning from children as the educational institutions are shut these days. The IMAGE Next project supported by Comic relief, UK, and Terre des Hommes- Netherlands, is committed to the empowerment of Early Married Girls (EMGs) in Karnataka, India. 68 EMGs from our 5 project locations […]
CategoriesBlog COVID-19 updates News and UpdatesIMAGE Next Project, supported by Comic Relief, UK and Terre des Hommes- Netherlands, improves the lives and livelihoods of people from vulnerable and marginalised sections of society in 15 locations across Karnataka. COVID 19 has a great effect across Karnataka. Especially the North Karnataka is the worst hit of this pandemic. Because of this, Workers […]
CategoriesBlog COVID-19 updates News and UpdatesInitiatives for Married Adolescent Girls’ Empowerment (IMAGE) is an innovative and integrated initiative to address the issues of Early Married Girls (EMGs) in Karnataka state of India. Funded by Terre des Hommes-Netherlands (TdH-NL), the project is being implemented by the consortium in 5 selected districts of Bagalkot, Belgaum, Bidar, Chamrajnagar and Chikkaballapur. Bidar, Bagalkot, Belgaum, Chamrajnagara […]
