The Education Explorers, a non-governmental organisation, has planned a rickshaw run from Cochin in Kerala to Jaisalmer in Rajasthan to collect funds to educate girls.
'... for two reasons: the poor quality of education, and the low rate of female participation in the labour force.' 'Unless something is done quickly to remedy these problems, India will just have a large population of low-skill, low-wage, males trying and failing to feed their families adequately.'