Girl Power Project - GPP

REPORT ON USE OF FUNDS

27^th February, 2017

GLOBALGIVING REPORT 2016 NOVEMBER

Project Title:  Girl Power (GPP)

Funds Raised so far from GlobalGiving: £4,809.28Other GPP contributors: Anne Frank Fonds, Sierra Leone Poverty Alleviation Agency and ChildHelp, Grace Webb, Bradley Webb.

Reporting Period: 27^th February, 2017

ACTIVITIES/ EXPENSES

When you invest in a girl, the whole world benefits?

Girl Power Project is one of ChildHelp Sierra Leone activity that empowers girls dramatically to improve the wellbeing of their families and their communities changing lives in society. This is an answer to the call made ‘’Leave No One Behind’’.

The November 2016 to February 2017 activities were built on transformational ways which impacted better lives in girl-children and their communities in Makeni, Pujehun and Kenema where thousands of girls are in extreme poverty and left behind. The issue of girls in Kenema and Pujehun (South and Eastern province) has prompted us to establish a new office in Kenema city for project extension. ChildHelp meet challenges in these project areas. Communities were abandoned during the civil war and even during the recent Ebola outbreak, which makes it a very difficult migration issues for these new settlement, affecting more girl-children. Beneficiaries have faced choices that have increased their poverty, early marriages, teenage pregnancy and high illiteracy rate.

With the help of GlobalGiving supporters, Anne Frank Fonds, Sierra Leone Poverty Alleviation Agency, the Bradley’s and ChildHelp. Support from Global Giving is reaching communities to continue fighting against Child Early and Forced Marriage - harmful traditional practices through awareness raising and campaign, sponsoring girls out of marriage homes back to schools, training and empowering girls to be agents of change in their communities.

The Bradley family supported a child mother and five teachers starting January 2017. The Anne Frank Fonds, as a year’s support, continue on its general support, meeting more education needs of girls and giving voices to girls; and Sierra Leone Poverty Alleviation supported the ‘’we pikin’’ activities with We Pikin Mothers/Mother Support Group and their respective interventions eg VSLA, Agriculture, campaigns, health campaigns, screening,  cascading, etcinterventions in VSLA, Agriculture, health campaigns, screening,  cascading, etc). Benefits reached more thanMonitoring of food supplement eg. OTP We Pikin Mothers/Mother Support Group and their respective interventions eg VSLA, Agriculture, campaigns, health campaigns, screening,  cascading, etcWe Pikin Mothers/Mother Support Group and their respective interventions eg VSLA, Agriculture, campaigns, health campaigns, screening,  cas/1,229 girls and their mothers with 17 communities.

Activities in Bombali and Kambia districts, boundaring Guinea is still effective supporting and mentoring girl-children.

Our Results:

• Empowered girls dramatically continue to improve their wellbeing and their communities.
• 43% of the girl-children have started using facebook and promoting the issues of their communities online. This was noticed by their likings and comments on ChildHelp’s facebook, LinkedIn, facepic, in meetings and radio talk, etc.
• Girl-children are empowered with voices to avoid child marriage, teenage pregnancy and to go school  
• Girls’ voices and rights are respected
• Many girls that benefited from the Internet and establishing groups are creating groups to make a mark.
• Empowered women and girls through education and training, raises economic productivity and reduces infant mortality.
• Contributed improved health and nutrition, and increases the chances of education for the next generation.

Prepared and reported by: Kaprie J G Thoronka

Director, ChildHelp Sierra Leone

2 Alpha Turay Street, Makeni

Sierra Leone, www.childhelpsl.org/en

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