BRAC Safe Spaces & Loans for Girls in Tanzania

Meet Happy, Madina, and Asha, three girls from Dodoma, Tanzania who took out micro-loans and received training from BRAC to start their own businesses.  Thanks to you, these girls are happy, healthy and thriving!

Check out the video here: http://youtu.be/R2q-KEYO8CY

Links:

• Happy, Medina and Asha tell their stories
• BRAC USA

The Girl Effect is growing and going strong in Tanzania!  With support from you, the Nike Foundation, and UNICEF, we now have a total of 180 ELA clubs in Tanzania with more than 6,500 girl members!

Here's the progress on the 20 clubs you've helped to fund:

• 830 members and 20 mentors (one for each club)
• All 830 members are now taking a life skills training course
• 175 girls provided with livelihood training
• 244 girls have formed microfinance clubs and taken out more than $37,000 in loans to help start and grow their business initiatives

Thanks for your continued support. It means the world - and the future - to these girls!

See what else BRAC has been up to at www.bracusa.org.

All the best,

Michelle

Links:

• Read about Insana, one of the amazing girls in Bangladesh

Last month, women and men across the world celebrated International Women’s Day with marches of solidarity in support of women and girls. BRAC Tanzania staff and girls’ clubs joined the global celebration with a rally, a discussion of women’s issues, and a culture festival. BRAC Tanzania’s participation recognizes of the achievements of the girls in the Empowerment and Livelihoods for Adolescents (ELA) program.  Click here to read more and see pictures from the celebration.

Meanwhile, our girls are doing great! All 20 clubs are still running, and we keep making progress with:

• 830 members and 20 mentors (one for each club)
• 167 girls provided with livelihood training
• 244 girls have formed microfinance clubs and taken out more than $33,225 in loans to help start and grow their business initiatives

Thanks for your continued support!

About BRAC

BRAC is a global development organization dedicated to alleviating poverty by empowering the poor to bring about change in their own lives. BRAC’s holistic approach aims to achieve large scale, positive changes through economic and social programs that enable women and men to realize their potential. BRAC was launched in Bangladesh in 1972 and today reaches more than 138 million people in Africa and Asia through its programs that address poverty by providing micro-loans, self-employment opportunities, health services, education and legal and human rights services. Click here to learn more about BRAC.

Links:

• BRAC Girls Clubs in Tanzania Celebrate International Women's Day