February, 2022
Launched on International Girls’ Day 2025, ELEVATE is a two-year initiative implemented by Bedari with support from the Girls Opportunity Alliance, a program of the Obama Foundation. The project supports adolescent girls ages 10–19 in Kasur and Bhakkar districts by helping them stay in school and develop the confidence and leadership skills needed to thrive. ELEVATE focuses on 20 villages—10 in Kasur and 10 in Bhakkar—where distance to secondary schools and unsafe travel conditions often prevent girls from continuing their education.
Through the project, 200 girls receive bicycles to ensure safe, reliable travel to school, directly improving their chances of continuing their secondary education. Alongside mobility support, ELEVATE offers Self-Growth Workshops that strengthen leadership, negotiation, communication and decision-making skills. These workshops prepare girls to become Uraan Leaders, who act as peer mentors, promote the value of education and motivate other girls to return to school.
As the implementing partner, Bedari carries out the bicycle distribution process, delivers Self-Growth Workshops, leads community mobilization, engages parents and traditional leaders to support girls’ schooling, and facilitates advocacy efforts at district and provincial levels.
The project also works with families and communities to raise awareness on preventing early marriage and encouraging long-term school retention. Uraan Leaders conduct peer outreach and door-to-door campaigns, contributing to the reintegration of girls who have dropped out. Policy-level engagement, including annual provincial meetings and events on the International Day of the Girl Child, supports broader change for girls’ education access.
By combining mobility, leadership development and community action, ELEVATE aims to help at least 400 girls return to classrooms and create lasting, positive change for future generations of adolescent girls.
