Keep her in school

Every girl deserves the opportunity to complete her education before taking on adult responsibilities. At the same time, the boys growing up alongside these girls need guidance to understand what healthy, respectful, and responsible relationships look like. Through Keep Her in School, F SSIBU Mission Foundation is therefore extending its investment to boys as an important part of long-term change.

The program recognizes that today’s boys will become tomorrow’s adults, partners, parents, professionals, and community leaders. Equipping them with knowledge and positive values now can help them make informed decisions that protect their own futures while respecting the aspirations of girls.

Through mentorship, life-skills sessions, reproductive health education, peer discussions, and awareness activities, boys are encouraged to understand the importance of education, responsible choices, respect, communication, and personal accountability. Discussions also help challenge attitudes that can contribute to early pregnancy, forced relationships, harassment, school dropout, and discrimination against girls.

This approach complements the support provided directly to girls. While girls receive assistance to overcome barriers that threaten their education, boys are being prepared to become part of an environment that encourages girls to remain in school and pursue their ambitions.

For donors, this represents an opportunity to invest in prevention as well as direct support. Helping a boy develop positive values today can influence his decisions for years to come—and potentially shape how he treats his future partner, children, classmates, and community.

With sustained funding, Keep Her in School can equip more boys and girls with the knowledge, confidence, and values needed to build healthier relationships and stronger communities.

A girl’s ability to stay in school is influenced by more than school fees and learning materials. The attitudes, relationships, and expectations surrounding her also matter. That is why Keep Her in School is creating space for boys to participate in the solution by equipping them with knowledge and life skills that promote respect, responsibility, and positive decision-making.

In vulnerable communities, boys may grow up with limited opportunities to discuss relationships, reproductive health, gender equality, emotional wellbeing, and the consequences of dropping out of school. Without constructive guidance, misinformation and harmful social norms can influence their choices. Through structured mentorship and educational activities, F SSIBU Mission Foundation seeks to provide boys with accurate information and positive role models.

The program encourages boys to understand that girls deserve the same opportunity to complete their education, develop their talents, and pursue their dreams. They are encouraged to reject bullying, harassment, discrimination, and behaviours that may contribute to school dropout. They also learn the importance of communication, consent, personal responsibility, and supporting peers who face challenges.

This investment has a wider community impact. Boys who develop positive attitudes today can become responsible brothers, classmates, friends, fathers, husbands, professionals, and community leaders tomorrow.

Donor support can help us expand mentorship sessions, reproductive health education, leadership activities, and life-skills training to more boys alongside girls. By equipping both sides of the community, Keep Her in School is working toward sustainable change—where girls are supported to stay in school and boys are prepared to stand beside them as respectful partners in progress.