Hands in Outreach knows the benefits of educating women; they provide better healthcare and nutrition for their children, and with greater job opportunities, they contribute to their communities. Roshni, now in 6th grade, entered HIO as a 1st grader. She works hard to earn good marks and takes advantage of afterschool programs for pre-adolescent girls. She is seated next to her mother Rojina,who had no formal schooling. Rojina worked instead to support her family, and at age 24, migrated to seek work in Kathmandu’sgarment industry to better provide for her daughter. Rojina was delighted when given the opportunity to enroll in HIO’s micro-enterprise program for mothers of scholarship girls. Learning alongside her daughter, she now takes literacy and math classes before going to work. Gendercide Awareness Project has supported the mothers’ program since 2017, helping the mothers rise out of grinding poverty and live with dignity.