For 20 years, Friends of Gueoul has been providing education to over 270 girls. Thanks to committed supporters like you, we have achieved a sustained, life-changing impact. Your support is absolutely vital and directly enables us to live out our mission to ensure that every young girl in Gueoul, Senegal, has access to education.
Globally, 5.5 million more girls are out of school than boys. In 2017, only 37.6% of female students in Senegal completed primary school, and only 24.5% of girls from low-income families completed primary school. The problem is worse for rural girls who come from limited means: Only 14.1% of girls in rural Senegal completed secondary school, and only 5.0% of girls whose families in the lowest income quintile finished, according to the World Bank's Education Statistics.
FoG focuses its efforts on a rural community in Gueoul, Senegal, where many families cannot afford the necessities for schooling. We award $150 scholarships annually to 18 girls selected by a local parent and teacher group, solely based on need. We've been doing this for the last 20 years and currently have 175 girls in the program. Each year the girl stays in school, she receives the scholarship.
FoG aims to close the education gender gap through programs that promote girls' participation in and access to learning opportunities. The United Nations says, "Education is critical to gender equality and development." Education not only benefits a girl's future life but also the vibrancy of her family. Education is the number one tool to open new opportunities, break cycles of intergenerational poverty, and create a self-sustaining future.
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
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