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Daraja Academy for Exceptional Kenyan Girls
Daraja Academy for Exceptional Kenyan Girls
Kenya  Women and Girls   Girl Effect ProjectGirl Effect Project
Daraja creates leaders. As an official Girl Effect partner, Daraja Academy has been recognized as one of the most effective and innovative organizations to conquer gender inequality in the world. Daraja Academy is a boarding secondary school for Kenyan girls with top academic scores and exceptional leadership skills but no means to continue their education.The academy provides shelter, food, healthcare and counseling services allowing students to focus on academic and personal development project reportread updates from the field
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The Blossom Bus: Help Rural Girls Get To School!
The Blossom Bus: Help Rural Girls Get To School!
India  Women and Girls   Girl Effect ProjectGirl Effect Project
The Blossom Bus project will employ local vehicles in rural India to transport Muslim minority girls to secondary school, clearing the single greatest obstacle to their continuing education. project reportread updates from the field
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Life skills training of 300 girls in Mumbai slums
Life skills training of 300 girls in Mumbai slums
India  Women and Girls   Girl Effect ProjectGirl Effect Project
The project will develop and enhance life skills of 100 poor girls in Mumbai's slums by creating opportunities for improving status of health, education and participation in public life. 200 more will be reached and motivated thru fairs, discussions and other events. 5 Girls' resource centers will provide safe spaces to provide training in skills and help them organize to become change agents. Mobile library, workshops, educational visits and health camps will lead to their capacity building. project reportread updates from the field
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SHOFCO: Shining Girls of Kibera
SHOFCO: Shining Girls of Kibera
Kenya  Women and Girls   Girl Effect ProjectGirl Effect Project
Shining Hope for Communities is changing the lives of thousands of girls and women in the Kibera slum of Nairobi. Our 'Shining Girls of Kibera' initiative gives adolescent girls the training and resources they need to be economically self-sufficient--enabling them to become the engines of prosperity and social change for their community! We support them through a holistic program of entrepreneurship and vocational training, sexual health education, artistic opportunities, and more. project reportread updates from the field
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Educate Girls Orphaned by HIV/AIDS in Rural Uganda
Educate Girls Orphaned by HIV/AIDS in Rural Uganda
Uganda  Education   Girl Effect ProjectGirl Effect Project
Nyaka AIDS Orphans Project educates orphans in 2 free primary schools. We use a holistic approach that includes 2 daily meals, access to clean water, medicine, sanitary products, and assistance for their caretakers who are typically their grandmothers. Despite walking 7 miles to school and living without electricity, our students are outperforming most others. We've promised to fund their education up to university as long as they pass their exams. 100% of our first 3 classes have done so! project reportread updates from the field
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Unleash the Leader in a Girl
Unleash the Leader in a Girl
Dominican Republic  Women and Girls   Girl Effect ProjectGirl Effect Project
The Mariposa Girls Leadership Program educates, empowers and employs girls living in extreme poverty in the Dominican Republic - setting them off on the path to become active leaders for social change project reportread updates from the field
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Impact Nicaraguan Girls Playing Soccer for Change
Impact Nicaraguan Girls Playing Soccer for Change
Nicaragua  Women and Girls   Girl Effect ProjectGirl Effect Project
We use soccer, the world's most popular team sport, as a vehicle for positive change in the lives of 80 girls, ages 7-19 in Granada, Nicaragua. A team can be the most powerful change agent in a young girl's development, proven to inspire healthy choices regarding drugs, sex, alcohol, academics, and nutrition. This project provides soccer, team-building, life-skills, culture exchange, and civic engagement activities that support girls to make the healthy choices needed to achieve their goals. project reportread updates from the field
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Job training for at-risk young women in Sri Lanka
Job training for at-risk young women in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka  Education   Girl Effect ProjectGirl Effect Project
This project provides high quality training in hospitality and tourism for young women from a highly deprived community. With many fathers in prison and mothers struggling, they have few opportunities to improve their lives. The course includes a two-month placement in good restaurants and hotels; on completion they will be helped to secure a good job. Providing these young women secure employment will provide them a clear route out of poverty and increase opportunities for their whole family. project reportread updates from the field
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Prevent Child Marriage, Educate 75 Girls in India
Prevent Child Marriage, Educate 75 Girls in India
India  Women and Girls   Girl Effect ProjectGirl Effect Project
Help some of poorest girls in Uttar Pradesh avoid child marriages and break the cycle of poverty by sending them to school & helping them save for the future. 75 girls will receive free tuition, healthy meals, clothes, school supplies, healthcare & family support services and, upon graduation, proceeds from a savings account that grows with every year of their schooling. The fund, free education and other services provide a strong disincentive to child marriage, still a common practice here. project reportread updates from the field
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Solar Sister Girls' Empowerment Program
Solar Sister Girls' Empowerment Program
Uganda  Women and Girls   Girl Effect ProjectGirl Effect Project
Let her shine! You can bring light to a girl's life - literally! Help Solar Sister reach out to girls in Uganda who live without access to electricity and provide them with access to safe, clean solar light. This project helps girls in rural Uganda form micro-enterprise clubs. The girls sell solar lights to their communities to earn money for school fees, and learn about technology and business opportunities in a hands-on program that brings light, hope and opportunity to girls. project reportread updates from the field
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Girls & Football South Africa: Help Us Score!
Girls & Football South Africa: Help Us Score!
South Africa  Women and Girls   Girl Effect ProjectGirl Effect Project
At the award-winning Girls & Football SA, we believe football is a source of empowerment for girls, equipping them with a strong sense of body ownership and promoting self esteem. We encourage girls in South Africa to play football in a safe, girls-only space, and use an educational health campaign and media to raise awareness on the importance of sport for the development of women. project reportread updates from the field
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Transform Lives of 70,000 Afghan Adolescent Girls
Transform Lives of 70,000 Afghan Adolescent Girls
Afghanistan  Women and Girls   Girl Effect ProjectGirl Effect Project
Afghan adolescent girls are the future of Afghanistan. For success, girls must be healthy and trained to be educated leaders in their homes and communities. The Afghan Institute of Learning's (AIL) fusion of education, health and training programs has been forming adolescent girls for 16 years; directly reaching over 1 million. In the next year, AIL aims to formally educate 12,000 adolescent girls, provide health services and education to 60,000, and train 1,000 in human rights and leadership. project reportread updates from the field
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