1.0World Vision Advocacyhttps://www.worldvisionadvocacy.orgKatie Taylorhttps://www.worldvisionadvocacy.org/author/kataylor/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="NQVa6QqMRN"><a href="https://www.worldvisionadvocacy.org/2019/07/31/the-facts-on-child-marriage/nobo-jatra-project-the-das-family-2/">Nobo Jatra Project – the Das family</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.worldvisionadvocacy.org/2019/07/31/the-facts-on-child-marriage/nobo-jatra-project-the-das-family-2/embed/#?secret=NQVa6QqMRN" width="600" height="338" title="“Nobo Jatra Project – the Das family” — World Vision Advocacy" data-secret="NQVa6QqMRN" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://live-advocacy.d2.worldvision.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/D030-0880-606.jpg800533Shabitri Das with her 12-year-old daughter, Ratna. Shabitri was married when she was 11. In addition to entrepreneurship, as part of Nobo Jatra's training, the Das family learned about the dangers of child marriage and know to report it or how to find authorities to intervene. This hit home for Shabitri, who was married to Arobindo when she was 11. “Child marriage was common,” she says. “But from Nobo Jatra, I know the demerits. Girls must be married after 18. The difficulties I faced in my life came from child marriage.” She and Arobindo have agreed to keep their kids – Modhumala, now 15, 12-year-old daughter Ratna, and 6-year-old son Nayan – in school: “My children are doing good in their results,” says Shabitri. “I am believing they may have a good future.” who is the same age she was when she got married. Shabitri used her World Vision Nobo Jatra training and startup money to establish a bamboo weaving business and a small grocery shop: “I like this business because at the same time I can do my household activities,” she says. Shabitri Das (mother), Arobindo Das (father), and their three children: daughter Modhumala (15), daughter Ratna (12), and son Nayan (6) used to be "ultra poor", but now they are benefiting from a World Vision Nobo Jatra program in Bangladesh, which includes entrepreneurial and literacy training. Nobo Jatra is a five-year food security and development program implemented by World Vision and funded by U.S. foreign assistance. As part of its “ultra-poor graduation” project, Nobo Jatra has helped 14,000 women get the business skills (including basic literacy and numeracy) and minimal startup costs needed to help them launch small businesses. Now many of these women, like Shabitri – who started a basket weaving business and a small grocery shop – have “graduated” from extreme poverty and are helping others in their community do the same. In some parts of southwest Bangladesh, between 25 and 24 percent of