Global Educational Empowerment for 100,000 Girls

Summary

The Sisterhood Empowerment Project has two parts: 1) A Journey Toward Womanhood Replication and 2) Sisterhood Agenda Positive Media. The Sisterhood Empowerment Project serves 100,000 girls globally.

What is the issue, problem, or challenge?

Historically at-risk and traditionally underserved, girls of African descent are disproportionately affected by poverty, teen pregnancy, school dropout, HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases (STD’s). Due to demand, Sisterhood Agenda and partner organizations implement A Journey Toward Womanhood on-site at different locations and provide much-needed training and educational resources such as curriculum guides, student manuals, program protocols, books, knowledge cards, and journals.

How will this project solve this problem?

Using a hands-on, multi-media approach rooted in the African “rites of passage” tradition, Sisterhood Agenda uses a modern approach to instilling knowledge, cultural roots and community awareness by using mentoring, peer influence and collabation.

Potential Long Term Impact

This Empowerment Project prepares girls to meet the challenges of their generation by giving them tools, awareness and knowledge to avoid negative outcomes for self-sufficiency, educational attainment, life enhancement and ultimate success.

Project Message

“A Journey Toward Womanhood is a wonderful program that changed my daughter’s life.” “The detail that you have given to helping young girls is unbelievable…. It is an absolute blessing." ”
- Gwen Brown and Teresa via email, Parent of participant, Global Partner liasion

Additional Documentation

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

Resources