GlobalGiving Girl Fund

The 2017 cohort of the GlobalGiving Girl Fund has been working hard this year to empower girls all over the world! The Girl Fund consists of six projects from Vietnam, India, Afghanistan, Kenya, Nigeria, and the Dominican Republic, providing access to education, legal protection, health care, or training and job skills so that girls can thrive. Here’s a quick update on what our GlobalGiving Girl Fund projects have been up to!

Afghan Institute of Learning recently implemented the MIRA program at its two clinics in Herat. The program is a mobile phone-based health system that enables better monitoring of pregnant women by their medical caregivers. So far, 2,695 families and 313 pregnant women are registered through the MIRA program. Community Health Workers collect weekly data from families. Additionally, AIL has treated over 109,574 patients and provided health education for over 84,920 at its clinics and learning centers so far this year.

The young leaders in the Mariposa Girls Leadership Program have been taking full advantage of their summer break! Mariposa girls in the Summer Leadership Camp program, all girls living in extreme poverty in the Dominican Republic, have conquered activities this summer ranging from mountain biking, to surfing, to practicing their math and readings skills to prep for the upcoming school year.

Motorbikes and bicycles are the two main forms of transportation in Vietnam, but if you cannot afford them, walking long distances can be a great barrier to education. Girls in Vietnam ride their bikes to school, to the doctor, even to buy groceries for their families. That is why Rock-Paper-Scissors Children’s Fund continues to give out bikes to girls in Vietnam, in order to encourage and empower them to stay in school!

This year, WISER girls at WISER International  competed in the Migori County Science and Engineering fair against 360 other schools. WISER ranked #1 in the Girls School category and #3 in schools overall! Additionally, this past summer Duke University students led a robotics workshop with an introduction to basic computer programming at WISER.

Timeout for Africa's USA Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Ambassador promoted STEM by hosting an expo in Virginia this past July, which had 24 girls present and exposed them to STEM activities such as coding, engineering, circuits, and science experiments. Timeout 4 Africa is excited to provide two scholarships to girls for the second annual STEM Girls Shine Expo in Nigeria later this year!

The Desai Foundation celebrated World Menstrual Hygiene Day with a launch of their sanitary napkins brand at a school & community center in Untdi. The launch consisted of a ceremony with thousands of women and a talk on menstrual health management and other women’s issues.

These projects are made possible by your contributions to the GlobalGiving Girl Fund! Thank you for your committed support to empowering young female leaders around the globe.

GlobalGiving is honored to partner with innovative and inspiring projects focused on improving the lives of women and girls. We are pleased to announce the GlobalGiving Girl Fund cohort for 2017. From the Vietnam countryside, to India and Afghanistan, over to Kenya and northern Nigeria, and across the Atlantic Ocean to the Dominican Republic the impact of your generosity spans the globe!

These six projects are supported by their local communities and committed to growing their impact and programmatic effectiveness. Whether their focus is on education, healthcare, empowerment through entrepreneurship, or leadership, each project is creating more opportunities for girls around the world than there have ever been before. Today, we are excited to share their work with you, and we are incredibly grateful for all the individual donors just like you that want to give girls every opportunity to grow up and succeed!

It is our pleasure to introduce you to the six projects that your donations are supporting this year. We can’t wait to see the impact that your donations make. Thank you for your kindness!

#1- 100 Bikes for 100 Girls

Rock-Paper-Scissors Children’s Fund is giving girls in Vietnam reliable transportation so they can get to school each and every day without the threat of walking by foot where they are susceptible to human trafficking and the sex trade.

#2-  Keep Girls in School and out of Marriage in Kenya

WISER International is combatting early childhood marriage in Kenya by empowering girls to stay in school, pursue college degrees, and take ownership over their life choices.

#3- STEM Camp for Girls in Minna: Promoting Creativity

Timeout for Africa Education and Sports Foundation is inspiring girls in Minna, Nigeria to be the innovators of the future through incorporating STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) programs in primary schools. Their work inspires both creativity and leadership in girls.

#4- Unleash the Leader in a Girl

The Mariposa a DR Foundation is educating, empowering, and employing girls living in poverty so that they can become future leaders for social change in the Dominican Republic.

#5- Menstrual Health Resources and Employment in India

The Desai Foundation is helping women become entrepreneurs in Gujarat, India through their Sanitary Napkin Program. Their work empowers women to manufacture, distribute, and sell high quality, low cost sanitary napkins throughout their communities.

#6- Afghan Institute of Learning Empowers Afghan Women

The Afghan Institute of Learning has a proven record on expanding girl’s education in Afghanistan. Through their Learning Centers they are bringing healthcare and education to women and girls who would otherwise go without.

Your donation to the GlobalGiving Girl Fund is helping girls across the world avoid daily threats of abuse, pursue an education, become STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) professionals, and lead their communities. Thank you for your continued commitment to them!