Health & Wellbeing

What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.

Albert Pike

Author

When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.

Maya Angelou

Poet

I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.

Mother Teresa

Founder, Missionaries of Charity

Do something for somebody every day for which you do not get paid.

Albert Schweitzer

Humanitarian and Nobel laureate

Why It Matters

Poor adolescent health, menstrual stigma and under-nutrition drive absenteeism and drop-out. Health access is weakest in exactly the villages we serve, so a health problem quietly ends an education.

A girl who is unwell, hungry or without menstrual-health support cannot stay in class. Health & Wellbeing protects the health that keeps girls learning — through adolescent health education, nutrition and mobile medical and dental camps.

What the Program Provides

  • Menstrual-health education and supplies.
  • Nutrition support for vulnerable girls.
  • School health check-ups and referral pathways.
  • Mobile medical and dental camps, staffed with the help of volunteer clinicians.

How the Program Works

We work inside the schools we already support, weaving health and safety into a girl’s education rather than bolting them on. Volunteer clinicians make medical and dental camps possible, and local referral pathways connect families to services that exist but are hard to reach.

Outcomes & Progress

Fewer days missed, fewer girls lost to preventable illness, and girls who know their rights and how to stay safe. Health, education and livelihood are one story: healthy girls stay in school, and educated girls build healthier families.

Who This Serves

Girls whose schooling is quietly ended by a health problem — under-nutrition, untreated illness, or menstruation without support — and girls at risk from trafficking and exploitation.