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SHG Resilience Project | CorStone

Charting a course away from poverty | Rashmi’s Story
By Kate LeventhalJune 14, 2018July 2, 2018 Categories: Program Results, Self Help Groups | SHG Leave a comment

How an intelligent, impoverished, rural Bihar woman learned to set goals, find her inner strength and chart a course away from poverty through her CorStone Self Help Group.

SHG Resilience Project | CorStone

Self-sufficiency discovered from within | Anita’s Story
By Steve LeventhalMay 21, 2018November 12, 2018 Categories: Program Results, Self Help Groups | SHG Leave a comment

Learn how women in rural, Bihar, India discover their inner strength through self help groups to chart a path toward self-sufficiency and improved opportunity.
Advancing adolescent health + education in Kenya | CorStone

Advancing adolescent health + education in Kenya | Radio Interview
By Kate LeventhalFebruary 2, 2018July 2, 2018 Categories: International Programs, New Programs 1 Comment

Karanja Muraya, Executive Director of SOWED and Gracy Andrew, CorStone Country Director, India discuss adolescent health education in Kenya and the impact that CorStone’s programs are having on Kenya’s youth in this MMU Kenya radio interview.
Girls in Rahika_Madhuban | CorStone

Strengthening Resilience. Changing Lives.
By Kate LeventhalMarch 15, 2017November 24, 2018 Categories: Girl's First, International Programs, Program Results 3 Comments

How CorStone’s Youth First and Girls First programs are strengthening resilience and changing lives for adolescent girls in Patna, Bihar India.
Live Happy Podcast | Resilience

Podcast | Steve Leventhal on Resilience
By Kate LeventhalOctober 5, 2016July 2, 2018 Categories: Corstone News, Resilience Leave a comment

Live Happy Editorial Director, Deborah K. Heisz talks with Steve Leventhal, executive director of CorStone, about a needed practice for choosing joy: Resilience.
CorStone’s Girls First | Bihar, India

Helping Others, Gaining Confidence | Chada’s Story
By Kate LeventhalDecember 10, 2015November 24, 2018 Categories: Girls First - India Tags: confidence, emotional resilience, girls first, problem-solving, training Leave a comment

Chada, a young girl in rural Bihar, India, describes how CorStone’s Girls First resilience training program helped her to help others, solve problems, and gain personal confidence.
Girls First girls at their school in rural Bihar, India

A New Advocate for Peace & Women’s Rights | Ritu’s Story
By Kate LeventhalNovember 19, 2015November 24, 2018 Categories: Girls First - India, International Programs Tags: community impact, gender violence, harassment, resilience, women's rights Leave a comment

How Ritu, an 8th grade girl in rural Bihar, India, has become an advocate for peace and women’s rights since completing CorStone’s Girls First program.
Poonam’s Story | CorStone Girls First

My Dreams & Strengths In My Own Words | Poonam’s Story
By Kate LeventhalNovember 2, 2015December 17, 2019 Categories: Girls First - India Tags: adolescent girls, advocacy, CorStone program, girls first, india, resilience, rights Leave a comment

Poonam, a 14 year old girl living in rural Bihar, India shares her big dreams, a lot of heart and her changed perspective after completing the CorStone Girls First program.
Girls participate in a Girls First Group in rural Bihar, India

Bihar’s girls and women find their resilience
By Kate LeventhalOctober 12, 2015November 15, 2018 Categories: Girls First - India Tags: adolescent girls, CorStone program, emotional resilience, india, restorative practices, rights, training 1 Comment

CorStone Program Facilitator, Namrata Bhalla, shares what students in CorStone’s Girls First resilience program have learned to take control of their lives.

Girls Stand up to Gender Discrimination in Bihar, India
By Kate LeventhalApril 16, 2015July 10, 2018 Categories: Girls First - India, Resiliency in Challenging Times Tags: adolescent girls, bihar, community impact, CorStone program, emotional resilience, gender discrimination, girls first 1 Comment

CorStone Master Trainer, Aditi, shares her story on the impact that Girls First resilience training deliver to participants in Bihar, India: Girls standing up to gender discrimination.

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