Girls living in remote settings face enormous barriers to education. Most of the world’s 244 million out-of-school girls reside in rural regions across Asia and Africa (UNESCO), placing many at an immediate increased risk of early marriage and child trafficking. Uneducated girls also face higher rates of poverty, interpersonal violence, and early death. In Nepal, only 28% of girls complete high school, while 7% of primary school age girls and 14% of secondary school age girls are out of school (UNESCO). Rates are higher in remote communities where traditional gender practices such as seclusion during menstruation and child marriage keep girls out of school. Trafficking of Nepali girls is also a persistent problem.
AdaraRemote is our comprehensive model of remote education that ensures children have access to quality education. It is designed to meet the needs of girls in remote areas as they face additional barriers. Adara supports 15 government schools in Nepal’s remote regions of Humla and Ghyangfedi to strengthen the quality of education, and address the barriers that have kept girls away.
Adara-supported schools provide menstruation education, period products, and sanitation services, nutritious school meals, and access to essential health services. We give girls a voice through Girl’s Clubs, and we strengthen child protection systems in schools, communities and local governments. As a result, 52% students are girls and rates of child trafficking have plummeted.
To help achieve SDG5, gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls, our focus is on improving the lives of girls through model education, child protection, health and youth programmes. Specifically, we want to ensure children in our partner communities in Humla and Ghyangfedi in Nepal have access to quality education up to higher secondary level, so that the community has an educated and employable population and girls are protected from trafficking and abuse. We also will support young women to access vocational, technical and high-education opportunities to increase employment.
In particular, we are working towards the following objectives in our partner communities:
We are committed to monitoring and evaluating the performance of our projects and using data to inform decision-making. Our AdaraRemote theory of change and logical framework guide our approach to monitoring and evaluation. We have established baselines and key performance indicators for various outcomes across the model and rigorous qualitative and quantitative reporting across all arms of the model occurs on a quarterly basis. Our AdaraRemote programme is also informed by household level surveys, and in 2021 we surveyed over 800 households.
Our Research, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (RMEL) team in Nepal are responsible for collecting, reporting and analysing data. Ongoing research and monitoring activities enable us to keep track of our progress towards our goals. All data and findings are fed back to Adara's programme teams. This enables us to maintain continual 'feedback loops', providing regular insights on progress, and alerting us to emerging issues to keep our programmes on track. This also allows us to identify issues and trends in projects, inform national or global knowledge and contribute to research, and demonstrate our impact.
We are an international development organisation delivering quality health and education services to women, girls and their communities living in poverty in some of the world’s remotest places. We work with partners, governments and communities to design and scale Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, and Remote Community Development programmes. We also share our knowledge to expand our impact.
Adara has worked in Nepal and Uganda since 1998. Over this time, we have reached more than 600,000 people living in poverty as well as countless others through our influence, networks and knowledge sharing.
Thanks to our innovative business-for-purpose model, 100% of donations go directly to our project work.
We specialise in delivering high-quality healthcare to women, newborns and children at health facilities, in the community and at home through our model, AdaraNewborn. By upskilling health workers, equipping facilities and strengthening the health system, we aim to reduce preventable maternal and newborn deaths.
We have also developed programmes that improve health and education outcomes for women and girls in remote areas. Now we’re strengthening and scaling these programmes through AdaraRemote. This holistic model spans five pillars of service delivery: education, child protection, youth development, health, and community resilience. Together they support communities to truly thrive.
