Udaan

Education has been one the main services hugely impacted due to COVID-19. In India, education of more than 247 million school age children has got impacted and most affected have been children especially girls from marginalised communities.

CARE India’s education program UDAAN (Flight) provides an opportunity to never-enrolled or early drop-out adolescent girls the chance to receive a fifth-grade education in just 11 months, where they learn through an accelerated curriculum in a residential setting. Most of them go on to study in government schools from Class 6 onwards.

During the COVID – 19 crisis, CARE India has set up Community Learning Centers (CLCs) where the girls get to learn language, maths and life skills while being close to their homes. Imparting education with our specially trained teachers and learning materials, while keeping all social distancing and sanitation norms in mind.

Reach out to and educate more than 4000 adolescent girls over the years.