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Discovering inner strengths | CorStone

Discovering inner strengths enables positive change

CorStone’s Program Manager for Youth First in India shares the story of a 14-year-old middle school girl in rural Bihar who discovers her inner strengths to prevent an early marriage and enable positive change.
Donate | CorStone

How a young Indian girl changed my life

An Indian girl, living in the most difficult circumstances, fills herself with hope, confidence, and the ability to express her feelings to become a life-changing experience for this teacher.
SHG Resilience Project | CorStone

Charting a course away from poverty | Rashmi’s Story

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

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

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.

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

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

Helping Others, Gaining Confidence | Chada’s Story

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

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

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

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

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.
Training session | Girls First

Resilience: Can it Keep Water Clean in India’s Middle Schools?

How organized action and new found confidence by CorStone’s Girls First participants helps to keep water clean for middle school girls in Bihar, India.
Nivedita Singh | CorStone Girls First Project Coordinator

Discovering My Resilience

CorStone Project Coordinator, Nivedita Singh, shares how the Girls First resilience training has taught her to be more patient and calm in face of a challenge.
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In honor of International Day of the Girl | Special message from ‘Girls First’ , India

A special message from CorStone’s Girls First participants in Bihar, India on how their future looks so bright.
14 year old refuses early marriage | CorStone

A 14 year old girl stands up to early marriage in India

Learn how a 14 year old dalit girl in Bihar, India speaks up to make an empowering decision that changed her life.

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