By Danielle Givens | Executive Director
As part of our youth education program we offer the upper grades girls a chance to start to learn vocational skills as well as the opportunity to learn more about what career opportunities exist for them post graduation from our schools.
We want to respect the local traditions and culture of our communities, while, yes, pushing the envelope in terms of building gender equity and empowering women, but also doing it in a way that does not alienate. We have started with basic home economic skills (sewing, tailoring and stitching) with our youth because it is acceptable among their families. Through this we are able to see them grow and become more curious about what other skills they could learn. We discuss with them different career paths beyond home economics and host different professionals to come to the school to give presentations.
Once our first class graduates in June 2020 we are going to be working with the local government technical training centers, called TEVTAs, to assist us in enrolling the students. Once enrolled the girls and boys can choose from around 20 different technical skills programs. The TEVTAs we are partnering with will even be supporting our girls with a $5 a month stipend to prove to the families that the girls can already make an impact on the household income and that marriage is not needed as a solution to relieve the pressure of her being a financial burden.
Thank you for supporting our students on their road to a brighter future!
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