– The RUPANTARAN gallery was prepared, and RUPANTARAN sessions were facilitated by 400 peer leaders (192 boys and 208 girls). Through these sessions, 10,054 children (4,624 boys and 5,430 girls) were directly reached, while approximately an additional 35,000 children and parents were indirectly reached as the children further informed their parents and friends (child-to-child and child-to-parent knowledge transfer) about the lessons learned from the RUPANTARAN sessions.
– Out of 100 schools, 44 schools that did not have a Complaint Hearing Committee (CHC) formed a committee, and 56 schools re-activated previously formed CHCs. Additionally, 100 suggestion/complaint boxes have been placed at appropriate locations in each respective school. CHCs have started collecting and addressing complaints.
– Schools have been providing a communication charge of 1000 per month to the focal teacher for complaint hearing from their own resources (e.g., Basahiya School, Dhanusha). 180 oriented focal teachers (116 male and 64 female) served as champions, guiding peer leaders in conducting the RUPANTARAN sessions and supporting the establishment of suggestion boxes at schools.
– After the parent’s sessions about 15,000 parents and community members now feel confident in their ability to provide an enabling and protective environment for children and adolescents.
– After the palika-level interaction meetings religious leaders signed a seven-point declaration for addressing and responding to child marriage. Religious leaders disregarded four cases of child marriage.
– The Mayor of Manara Sishwa Municipality promised to conduct different activities through the “BAL-BALIKA SANGA MAYOR KARYAKRAM” to reduce child marriage, which was disseminated via YouTube.