Age Group: 27 Years to 37 Years

Current Situation:

Most Kapol youngsters pursue post-graduate education, degree abroad or professional degrees. Kapol Youngsters are  able to complete their desired education anywhere between 25 years to 30 years of age. They take anywhere from 3-5 years to get established in their job or business. Most Kapol Youngsters both boys and girls, consider marriage only after 27 years of age. By this time, because of their excellent academic profile, education and hard-work, youngsters are earning handsome salaries. Youngsters are financially independent. They are part of different online & offline groups; they have friendship with many people, and freely interact with boys and girls. Kapol Youngsters, both boys and girls are reluctant to take on the responsibility of marriage as they fear that marriage will disturb their career and their independent living. As they get older, they get busy with their career and still cannot decide on whether to marry, whom to marry, when to marry and how to marry. As the time passes, both youngsters and their family members feel frustrated. Most youngsters expect good-looking, cultured, joyful, loving, educated and successful life-partner! Many youngsters go through the process of meeting several prospective life-partners and go through several experiences of rejection. So, the idea of marriage keeps getting postponed. Kapol Youngsters experience frustration and pain because trying to find a life-partner, too many variables, confusion and rejection hurt their self-confidence and self-image. Also, there are increasing incidences of compatibility issues, broken engagement, divorce and fights in married life. Even when marriage is fixed, everyone experiences severe family/ community pressure to spend money on marriage events much beyond their financial capacity to look-good in the community. 

Problem:

How can we support Kapol Youngsters in making clear and confident decisions with regards to marriage, create effective wedding ceremony programs and help youngsters to create life-long, happy marriages based on mutual trust and respect?

Possible Solutions and Ideas:

1) Encourage Kapol Candidates to decide early on marriage. Support them to develop healthy respect for  the community. Involve Kapol kids in the community matters from an early age.

2) Create some sort of educational video series about marriage that explains that real marriages are not like Bollywood movies. Real marriages involve compromise, understanding and hard-work. Ultimately, marriage like long-term partnership is a risk. It involves hard-work and efforts.

Sakar Trust Free Resources:

Kapol community members and leaders can come up with new ideas and innovative solutions.

Members can also use Sakar’s  Online Free Resources.

Whatsapp & Telegram Groups: Join this group to connect with other Kapol families and Kapol candidates.

Zoom meeting: Join this group to have face-to-face meeting with other Kapol Youngsters and families.