By Lamnatu Adam | Project Team Leader
Hello Reader!
Greetings from Ghana. Songtaba is very excited to once again to give donors update on our work with girls in the northern region of Ghana.
Songtaba with the support of donors have continued to build the capacity of girls to protect them against all forms of gender based violence. As part of the process of creating a violence free environment in both our schools and home, Songtaba over the years have mobilized these girls into clubs which you are aware off and the activities they do. During the period under review, the president of the E.P junior high school girls club president hatched the idea of linking all the girls club in the Nanumba district to form one platform.
She was supported to go round the other schools to meet with the girls clubs to sell the idea of them joining together to start a girls club movement in Nanumba. This idea she said was born out of news item she saw on television about how girls in another region of Ghana who were beneficiary of a sponsorship programme by non-governmental organization have been able to organized themselves even after the end of the scholarship programme to come back and give back to society by help their brothers and sister still in school. Other members of the girls clubs were excited about the idea and they resolved to convene a meeting with all the leadership of the various girls clubs to appoint an interim executive who will help draw up a programme for the movement.
Under the guidance of Songtaba and the some teacher mentors, the meeting was finally convene and the interim executive appointed and a week after the selection of the interim executive Songtaba organized an orientation session for the executive to build their capacity on their new roles and also to support them draw up a comprehensive road map to a strong girls movement in the Nanumba.
The idea of this girls movement is a kind of an association of former girls club members who wants to still be part of the activities of the school based girls clubs even after completion of school so as to serve as role models for the girls still school as well support the school based girls clubs in the advocacy work.
The spirit in the girls is very high and they are very much excited about this idea and through your support, Songtaba will support to realized this dream
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