Making schools in Ghana more girl-friendly

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Summary

This project educates school children on their rights and responsibilities and helps abused children through counseling. It provides teachers/school staff with skills to respond to abused children. progress reportread updates from the field

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Bullying, sexual harassment and aggressive behaviour mostly by boys directed at girls in schools rarely attracts sanctions and these become accepted as a normal part of growing up. 75% of school girls suffered sexual harassment from male classmates and 27% endure pressure from teachers for sex. It is imperative to address gender-based violence to make schools safe places and achieve universal primary education for all. Primary beneficiaries will be pupils who are victims of school-related abuses

Activities

Training for school counselors, student sensitization activities, counseling and education, essay writing competitions, presentations, inter-school activities and sports, school clubs, video shows, library resources.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $4,305
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $70,695
Total Funding Goal: $75,000

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Counseling and support for survivors will be available in our schools; school children will no longer drop out due to lack of support. School attitudes will change on abuse issues and retention of girls in schools will improve.

Project Message

Thank you WISE for the education. Ignorance would have caused a huge number of girls in our community to fall victims of Sexual and Gender Based Violence- My daughter could have been one
- Mr. Alvin Gbor, Vice-Principal, Children Better Way Prim. & J.H.S

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Adwoa Bame,
Executive Director
Sir Arku Korsah Street
Roman Ridge
Acrra, PO Box CT 5604
Ghana
+233-21-781003 5
Email:

Project Sponsor

GlobalGiving

Organization

Women’s Initiative for Self Empowerment (WISE)
22 Sir Arku Korsah Street, Roman Ridge
Accra, N/A PO Box CT5604
Ghana
+233-21-781003
http://www.wise-up.org

Learn more about Women’s Initiative for Self Empowerment (WISE) and the project team.



Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Ghana and can also be found under Children.

For more information about Ghana, read the Human Development Report on Ghana or the Wikipedia entry for Ghana.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on August 07, 2008.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on April 26, 2006.

Latest Update from the Field

Update on WISE Schools Outreach Program

By ADWOA BAME AND HELIOUS MAKAFUI DABLU - WISE, August 07, 2008 06:27 PM

Thank you for your support. Attached is a report with pictures of our activities and progress in our work.

Highlights:
*Through its School’s Outreach Program, WISE has reached out to a total number of twenty-two (22) schools on the Buduburam Refugee settlement and ten (10) schools in the Greater Accra Region.
*Total Number of students reached out to from September, 2005 to date is 2,193.
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