“Many of the local people didn’t like the idea of giving girls opportunity. They felt threatened. They didn’t want girls going out of the house. They thought that we were there to corrupt them . . . We always think that these [obstacles] are exaggerated but they are not.” Read the full story

• 1541 GIRLS HAVE GRADUATED      • 1189 CONTINUE TO STUDY The first batch of 75 IIMPACT girls had passed Class 5 in 2006 and joined formal schools from Class 6. This number has gone up in successive years. This year 762 girls have passed and a majority of them have joined Class 6,

Reader’s Digest article says that IIMPACT “…..is changing the lives of thousands of little girls – and the very fabric of rural India.”November 2, 2011The Reader’s Digest November 2011 issue covers IIMPACT under its Heroes series. The 4-page article says that IIMPACT “…..is changing the lives of thousands of little girls – and the very