About Us
Finding Inspiration in Every Turn
With Project Gap, we are driven by a single goal; to do our part in making the world a better place for all through knowledge and education. We strive to build productive relationships and make a positive impact with all of our pursuits. Our strength lies not only in the words we stand by, but most importantly through the actions of our initiatives. Back in 2020, we realized that by working together we could overcome our challenges much more efficiently, and that is why we ultimately decided to launch
PROJECT GAP with an aim to Bridge The Knowledge Gap
Our Story
Dr B.R. Ambedkar, the Chief Architect of the Indian constitution, said, “I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved”.
Disha Raj founded Project GAP with support and backing from her cousin Harish Varadarajan, a freshman at Northeastern University, MA. Project GAP's motto, Girls Are Powerful, intends to bridge the knowledge gap among underprivileged girl children in India. We are achieving this motto by supporting renowned NGOs (Shri Subramanya Trust and Amar Seva Sangam) in South India, engaged in a similar mission. We run tutoring programs, counselling sessions that provide awareness on various academic and career pathways and fundraisers for social welfare programs and support these girls to continue their education.
"India has the largest adolescent population in the world, 253 million, and every fifth person is between 10 to 19 years. India stands to benefit socially, politically and economically if this large number of adolescents are safe, healthy, educated and equipped with information and life skills to support the country’s continued development" -UNICEF.
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With these glaring statistics in front of us, we curated a simple yet holistic education plan for girl children aged 8 to 16. This plan focused on the most important aspects - basic language skills, mental wellness, and mathematics concepts and also tried to improve the artistic skills of these children
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​"1 out of 5 girls in the country drop out of school when they get their periods. Menstrual Hygiene in India has always been in a worrisome state. Studies have revealed that about 71% of the girls in India are not aware about periods when they first get them. This goes to show the state of Menstrual Hygiene in the country today. About 88% of the women still use cloth, ash, hay etc., either completely or partially. This probably is the reason why 75% of the women in our country suffer from dysfunctions related to menstruation" - Whisper India.
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Project GAP also provides menstrual hygiene awareness sessions to girls in remote villages in India. We used hand-made placards that helped create awareness of menstrual hygiene.
Meet The founder
Disha Raj
An enthusiastic teen, intrigued by the creativities of the world, Disha Raj is a rising senior at National Public School, Bangalore, India.
Disha strongly believes in giving back to the community you live in. As a girl child who grew up in India, she feels blessed to have access to some basic things like continued education, a hygienic environment etc. She has often wondered if this is the same with every child, especially those dwelling in remote villages in India. With Project Gap, Disha hopes to focus on quality education and healthy living for as many underprivileged girl children as possible.
Disha has a deep interest in various art forms like drawing, sketching, painting, theatre and photography. She continues to find creative ways of utilizing these skills for the greater benefit of the community
