We help provide education to girls with babies (teen mothers) off the street and ex soldiers, into school and vocational training (uneducated teenagers). It is a hope where young girls can rebuild their life by engaging in positive activities that would enable them to join a community of support, and gain life-long tools leading them to self-sufficiency. Empowering girls and young women is a strategic
75% of girls in Democratic Republic of Congo are school drop outs and face challenges that are acknowledged worldwide, but finding the right program and resources has been a major problem. Young women between ages 15-26 in Democratic Republic of Congo are the ones who suffer the most from the war; they were violated, abused, forced into prostitution, sexually exploited and raped. This led to traumas, lack of acceptance, and the girls developed low self-esteem.
The program is designed to provide a six months training in tailoring and fashion design. In addition receiving tailoring and fashion design courses, participants would engage in a series of holistic program components: basic leadership skills, life skills training, building positive attitudes which includes: working towards building self-confidence, personal value, self-esteem, and moral ethics in young women, training and income generation, leading to self-sufficiency and protection.
Children's Voice is undertaking this initiative to promote gender equality, working towards building self-confidence, personal value, self-esteem, and moral ethics in young women. They are faced with the challenges of being accepted in the society, lacking the right tools to empower and build up their self-esteem and value. 75% of girls in Democratic Republic of Congo are school drop outs, sexually abused or teenage motherhood. Prostitution is on also on the rise and they risk an early death due
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
