1.0World Vision Advocacyhttps://www.worldvisionadvocacy.orgKatie Taylorhttps://www.worldvisionadvocacy.org/author/kataylor/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="0B3MTauHwO"><a href="https://www.worldvisionadvocacy.org/2019/08/30/child-marriage-must-end-3-girls-speak-out/nobo-jatra-project-the-das-family-8/">Nobo Jatra Project – the Das family</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.worldvisionadvocacy.org/2019/08/30/child-marriage-must-end-3-girls-speak-out/nobo-jatra-project-the-das-family-8/embed/#?secret=0B3MTauHwO" width="600" height="338" title="“Nobo Jatra Project – the Das family” — World Vision Advocacy" data-secret="0B3MTauHwO" 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/2019/08/D030-0880-651.jpg800534Modhumala listens to her mother, Shabitri Das, talk about challenges in the past, and how she wants to make sure Modhumala and her sister get good educations and avoid early marriage. Shabitri was married at 11. Madhumala wants to become a lawyer. In addition to entrepreneurship, as part of World Vision Nobo Jatra's training, families learn 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.” Shabitri’s children are proud of the incredible transformation their mother has undergone. “I am feeling so good,” says Modhumala. “My mother can now write and read. She can make decisions by herself. She is independent. The most beautiful thing I love is now she can teach my younger brother.” “Nobo Jatra helped to make us independent,” says Modhumala, who dreams of becoming a lawyer one day. “I am thankful to the American people. They changed our life.” 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 lite