What We Do
Far Too Young
A Child Bride's Song
I was far too young to be a bride,
Can't you see, can't you see,
I am still a child?
You sent me away to be a wife
To a man unknown to spend my life.
It was time for learning and for play,
Time to do the things, my way.
So much more, I had to grow,
Why did you have to let me go?
Mother, father, what despair
Turned me from your loving care,
Worked and threatened, torn apart,
Pain and sorrow broke my heart.
I was far too young to bear a child
So crushed, so weak, I nearly died.
I sing this song for all to hear,
I ask for help from far and near,
Please keep us children safe,
Please stop this curse,
Before this gets much too worse...
© Far Too Young, Inc.
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Our Multi-Pronged Approach
Helping reduce and eventually eradicate child marriage and save the child brides from harm.
Education
Ensuring educational facilities to every girl. Providing scholarships to stay in schools.
Justice
Assisting local authorities to implement the law and reiterate it within communities.
Engage
Engaging with and supporting community based organizations in their work to bring about changes.
Mobilize
Involving men and mobilizing communities and families to change their perception and keep children safe and women free from violence and abuse.
Awareness
Increasing awareness and advocacy programs at local, national and international levels.
Empowerment
Empowering girls and women and enabling them to make their own choices.
Counselling
Counselling child brides and helping to break the vicious cycle.
Poverty Reduction
Providing vocational skills and job opportunities to increase means of earning.
Our Presence
Locations across South Asia where we work to end child marriage.
Nepal
Bangladesh
India
Our Work in Action
Documenting our impact across communities.
Story-telling for Advocacy
Real stories that drive change and inspire action against child marriage.
Honoring Father Moran
Father Marshall D. Moran, a pioneering American Jesuit priest, transformed education in Nepal through his belief that quality education protects and empowers children. In 1951, he founded St. Xavier's School in Godavari, Kathmandu, expanding access to high school and college education for boys and girls from all socioeconomic backgrounds, while also supporting girls from marginalized communities to attend schools across Nepal. Father Moran believed that education brings knowledge, health awareness, dignity, empowerment, and the ability to challenge harmful social norms that place children at risk.
A renowned Ham Radio operator with the call sign 9N1MM, he also mobilized global networks to support humanitarian efforts across Nepal and Asia. His lifelong commitment to education led to the establishment of several schools that provided opportunities to countless children who would otherwise have been denied the fundamental right to education.
In honor of his enduring legacy, Far Too Young, Inc. continues to advance the importance of quality education through the Fr. Moran Education Fund with its partners. The initiative provides scholarships and small financial grants to help marginalized boys and girls complete high school, protecting them from exploitation, abuse, gender-based violence, and harmful practices such as child marriage. Thousands of children and their families across Nepal have benefited from the fund.
Far Too Young - The Film
'In every classroom, in every community, in every country of the world'
Following years of research and screenplay development based on actual case studies, an educational feature film centered on the fundamental right to education and the urgent fight against all forms of Gender-Based Violence, with a particular focus on the devastating impact of child marriage, is poised to enter full production in the near future.
Upon completion, this impactful film will be widely disseminated across diverse global audiences through a multi-lingual distribution strategy, aiming to raise awareness and inspire action towards a more equitable and just society.
The Tara Campaign
The Tara Campaign uses illustrations and comic for awareness and advocacy. It tells the story of Tara, a child bride and a young mother who now fights against all forms of Gender Based Violence including child, underage and forced marriages.
Our Target for 2026 | 2027
Strategic goals and milestones for advancing our mission against child marriage.
Reach people through awareness and advocacy against child marriage in communities and countries.
Provide additional scholarships to keep girl children in school.
Provide vocational skills to young brides.
Provide additional counselling to young brides.
Form new partnerships and local bodies.
Partnership and programs in new schools.