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Baale Mane

A loving home for girls in Bangalore, India.

Enabling disadvantaged girls to lead self sustaining adult lives

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Baale Mane works to empower disadvantaged girls from rural communities surrounding the city of Bangalore by providing a loving home, education and holistic development.
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Young Girls, Big Stories

〰️ Young Girls, Big Stories

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We've shared this number before. It's worth sharing again. Every extra year a girl stays in school can raise her future earnings by up to 20%, according to UNICEF's investment case. That's why Baale Mane starts with a safe home, then school, extra le

Ask almost any girl what she wants to be when she grows up and the answer comes fast. It usually changes by the week, too. Today the world is being asked to invest in girls' rights so those answers get a real chance. Right now, girls aged 15 to 19 ar

A girl can spend years in a classroom and still fall behind. Worldwide, only 58% of primary students reach even a basic level of reading proficiency.
At Baale Mane, we back every girl with the academic support many of them missed early on, so time in

The gender pay gap starts long before a woman enters the workplace. At the current pace, the gender pay gap could take 50 to 100 years to close. For girls growing up with fewer opportunities, the barriers can begin much earlier—with unequal acc

At Baale Mane, yoga is part of the girls’ regular routine—not just a class, but a chance to slow down, breathe and reconnect with themselves. 🧘🏽&zwj;♀️ With a yoga trainer visiting each week, the girls learn and practise different asana

The future is young - there are nearly 1.3 billion young people aged 15–24 in the world today—the largest generation of youth to date. This makes investing in young people—not just their education, but their skills, confidence, well

Where you start should not decide where you can go.
According to the ILO, 71% of a person’s earnings are determined by circumstances of birth, such as country and sex.
For the girls at Baale Mane, gender can often intersect with difficult cir

Kabaddi in full swing! 🤾&zwj;♀️ Sports are a big part of life — the girls play everything from throwball and volleyball to athletics, kho-kho, kabaddi and badminton, many representing their schools on official teams. Research backs what we see

They built their own guitars — out of cardboard, colour, and imagination. 🎸🎨 As part of our Summer English Programme, the girls explored the theme Music & Song — and took it one step further by making their very own guitars! From ca

Some bonds never change. 💛 Whenever the older girls return to Baale Mane—whether for festivals, celebrations, or special occasions—they bring more than smiles and stories. They bring encouragement, laughter, and the reassurance that no m

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