Girls are actively taking measures to combat child marriage.

One of the significant activities undertaken by LIFE Nepal involved the review and implementation of the plan of action for girls' clubs/networks. These clubs played a crucial role as girls actively took actions against child marriage when identified in the community during their door-to-door home visits, follow-ups, and monitoring, adhering to their plan of action. They utilized methods such as calling a toll-free number or making police complaints. Additionally, the girls organized extra-curricular and awareness activities in the communities to raise awareness and prevent child marriage. They also committed to marrying only after the age of 20. These efforts contributed significantly to increasing awareness and reducing instances of child marriage, with 105 cases reported in the reporting period. LIFE Nepal conducted a review of the previously developed and operational plan of action for girls' clubs, involving 246 girls during the reporting period. Moreover, LIFE assessed the allocation of local resources by local governments to implement the plan of action of girls' clubs. The findings revealed that 90% of the planned activities, including life skills sessions for parents and students, extracurricular and awareness activities on ending child marriage, door-to-door home visits, and motivation and counseling for girls and parents, were successfully implemented. Local governments allocated approximately NPR 500,000.00 for these initiatives, contributing to the overall success of the project and the reduction in the dropout rate of girls from 142 in 2077 BS to 99 in 2078 BS.