INVISIBLE GIRL PROJECT
PO Box 99068, Raleigh, NC 27624 www.invisiblegirlproject.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: Invisible Girl Projects (IGP) mission is to save girls lives to end female genedercide in India. IGP raises global awareness about the issue, partners with Indian organizations that rescue and care for vulnerable girls, pursues justice,and empowers girls and women.

Care for vulnerable girls through Child Sponsorship: IGP partners with Indian organizations that rescue and care for vulnerable girls, through its Child Sponsorship Program. Through the Program, IGP helps meet the financial needs of these organizations as they provide food, education, clothing, care, and mental health support for young girls who were once vulnerable to being murdered, trafficked, enslaved, or neglected.Located in one of the worst areas in India for female gendercide, one of IGPs Partners in South India has rescued over 400 girls from being killed. This Partner forms relationships with village families and is able to determine whose pregnancies are considered high risk. A pregnancy might be considered high risk, for example, when the family already has a girl child. IGPs Partner educates the parents and their extended families on the value of daughters, working intensively with each family to build familial bonds, with the help of

Rescue vulnerable little girls: One of Indias Partners works in one of Indias highest areas for female infanticide. Using research-based methodologies, IGPs Partner employs a team of Social Workers that travels into remote Indian villages and identifies when families are at the greatest risk of committing female infanticide. This Partner works closely with these families, provides prenatal care for the mothers, and educates entire families on the value of girls as human beings. Their work helps to change the mentality that girls are burdens, combatting the cultural preference for sons, and educating families on girls innate human rights.Once a baby girl is born, IGPs Partner provides support to each family that keeps its baby girls. A monthly food ration (rice, lentils, spices) is provided to ensure that the mother and the daughters in the family are well-fed. In addition, the rescued baby girls are enrolled in IGPs Child Sponsorship Program (line 4a).

Because of IGPs RICE Program, Social Workers are able to identify girls who need Education Assistance and care. These are girls who are at risk of dropping out of school or who are working as child laborers, because families are impoverished or do not see the value in paying for their daughter to attend school, because she is a girl. The Social Workers counsel the girls and their families, convincing them of the importance of sending their daughters to school, enroll them in school, and then purchase supplies and uniforms that the families are not able to afford. The total cost to purchase these items for each girl in this program is about $36 annually. In addition, the Social Workers provide a supplemental Girls Value based counseling and education for these girls. IGP recognizes that girls who drop out of school at an early age are more inclined to marry before legal age, so child marriage is perpetuated. The consequences of child marriage include

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