Support over 12,000 girls to get back in school,
access education and change the world
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£25 can support a girl from marginalised families with school materials and extra tuition classes
£30 would provide school fees for a girl to go to secondary school for one year
£50 could provide a course to engage parents in the importance of girls’ education
£100 helps one school to improve access and school participation of disabled children
“The Problem”
Millions of South Asia’s poorest girls still cannot access education.
For families struggling to simply survive, education is a luxury. This poverty intersects with entrenched discrimination, valuing sons as future earners while viewing daughters as financial burdens to be married off quickly. Boys’ education is prioritised, while most girls are pulled out of school early and forced into illegal child marriages.
For many of these girls, this means a life of household servitude and, too often, domestic abuse and voiceless suffering. Their potential and ambitions are forgotten, pulling them further into poverty and perpetuating the cycle for the next generation.
Whether they once dreamt of being leaders, innovators, decision-makers or something entirely their own, those dreams can still be realised—but only with support. Together, we can and must break down these barriers that keep them out of school—because even if every girl has a different dream, every girl counts.
“The Solution”
To make sure that every girl is counted, we work where girls are most at risk.
This often includes working in some of the most isolated and hard-to-reach places in the world. By collaborating with incredible local partners, whose deep understanding of the community’s needs is second-to-none, we can ensure our resources are focused in the right places.
This means addressing both the daily barriers a girl can face, as well as the long-term, structural inequalities that perpetuate the issue for future generations.
Where girls can’t afford uniforms, textbooks or school fees, we provide them. When they live too far from schools or are isolated, we arrange transport.
At the same time, where historic discrimination keeps girls out of school, we work with parents, teachers and communities to change attitudes. When financial pressure is the primary obstacle, we build networks with our livelihood initiatives, creating relief for struggling families. And, when girls do face child marriage, we advocate for their rights, keeping them safe and in school as a priority.
Breaking down these barriers doesn’t just change one girl’s future. It transforms entire communities from the inside. For each girl who gains access to education, she paves the way for others. Every girl counts—not only for herself, but for all those who will follow her.
“What can I do?”
Our work is making a difference— thanks to your support so far 94% of girls in Karuna projects stay in school past the age of 16, more than double the national average in the areas in which we work.
And we want to go further. We aim to reach 12,267 girls across all our initiatives over the next year. Your support is what makes this and all Karuna’s work possible.
Your donation today could be the difference between a girl staying in school and avoiding child marriage. Please give today to help raise £59,000 towards this ambitious goal.
Please give below and, together, we can make sure that every girl counts. Thank you.
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Meet the Phone Fundraising
Appeal Team 2025
Fi
Volunteer FUNDraiser
I feel deeply moved by Karuna’s work and am particularly delighted to give my time to this project supporting gender equality. Being able to connect with others and inspire them to give is hugely rewarding. I’m really looking forward to speaking with supporters about the work we’re doing and seeing how those connections unfold.
Yvonne
Volunteer fundraiser
Hi, I’m from Ireland, living in Dublin and training to be a chaplain. I had some free time opening up over the summer and someone suggested I volunteer as a fundraiser on a Karuna appeal. I thought, ‘why not’. I’m inspired by the projects Karuna funds, by the supporters who give so generously to them, and by the many volunteers over the years who transcended the thought, ‘I could never do that’. I am especially look forward to updating Karuna supporters on the impact they are having in the world.
Angela
Volunteer fundraiser
Karuna always feels worth supporting owing to the difference they are able to make via aligned values. These are partnership, empowerment, equality and the compassion that can relieve real suffering and transform the prospects of people who have been marginalised and excluded. And I can support them with what I have – time and energy – letting me support others to give what they might have.
Akim
Volunteer FUNDraiser
This is my first time fundraising for Karuna Trust, and I am doing so because of the values it embodies and the approaches it takes in its various projects, genuinely and practically contributing to a better world for all. This is a fresh approach to International Development and effective communications which really and be a path-leader for the wider Aid community.
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