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Kasturba Gandhi Awasiya Balika Vidyalaya, Dhanupur, Allahabad

Kasturba Gandhi Awasiya Balika Vidyalaya, Dhanupur, Allahabadwas started in the Dhanupur block of Allahabad Uttar Pradesh under the Central Government Programme of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan .

Kasturba Gandhi Awasiya Balika Vidyalaya targeted the community where the economic vulnerability especially among the socially backward class. DDWS is running this residential school from last nine years enrolling 100 girls every year that provides education to mainstream girls who have never had a chance to go to school or are deprived of education for paucity of money.

The main purpose of the project was to enter into remote areas of Dhanupur block and work with these dropouts and never enrolled girls with poor background so that they could get an opportunity to study in residential school up to upper primary level free of cost. The project enhances the quality education, develop socialization skills among these girls who had been suffering social exclusion, and above all develop their inherent talents and potentials. These girls have not only become academically sound but have also showed their talents in dance, drama, music, embroidery, stitching and other cultural activities.

Kasturba Gandhi Awasiya Balika Vidyalaya enhancing to bridge social, regional, gender gaps with the active involvement the community and children. To inculcate value based learning that allows children an opportunity to live fullness of life.