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Gulshan Khatun, a 14 years old girl who hails from a conservative Muslim family was deprived of going to school because her family thought that the school uniform (Knee length skirt) demeaned their religion. But when Gulshan who is also a member of a local child club told her friends that a dress should not be a reason why girls from Muslim community have to leave school, they decided to hold discussions with the District Education officer (DEO). They requested him to hold talks with the school authority to be flexible regarding school dress code.

एस.एल.सी भनेको एकदम ठूलो जाचँ हो, तर एस.एल.सी फेल हुँदैमा जीवनको अन्त्य हुन्छ भन्ने हैन तर एस.एल.सी ले गर्दा धेरै अवसरहरु चाहिँ आँउछ । म पनि एस.एल.सी मा फेल भएको हो । स्कूलमा म मात्र एकजना हो एस.एल.सी फेल भएको । फेल हुदाँ नराम्रो, दुःख त लागेको थियो तर मेरो आमाबुवाले फेरि जाचँ दिएर पास गरिहाल्छस् नि भनेर सहयोग चाहिँ गर्नुभएको थियो । म CNN Heroes2012 हुन्छु भनेर कहिल्यै पनि सोचेको थिएन । एस.एल.सी फेल हुदाँ मैले जीन्दगीलाई के ठाने भनि, जति म फेल भएपनि म कोशिस चाहिँ गर्थे ।

Saathi Sanga Manka Kura (SSMK), the most popular youth radio program in Nepal, in partnership with the slum girls’ theatre group Nawa Tara Kishori Samuha (NTKS) in coordination with non-slum theatre group "Hatemalo Sanchar", in "Ending Slum Youth Stigma and Discrimination for Sustainable Development" through series of street dramas carried in slum and non-slum areas of Manohara, Sinamangal and Balkhu.

Saathi Sanga Manka Kura (SSMK) was awarded its first Nepal AIDS MEDIA AWARD (NAMA) by the Asia Pacific Leadership Forum on HIV and Development (APLF), Nepal, via its Media Panel and in collaboration with the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ), government ministries and organizations, private sector representation, and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). From the four categories, print, television, radio and online; SSMK received in the radio category by producing the content on Preventing Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) carrying a cash prize of Rs.