The Batonga Foundation sends 44 girls to school in Kidal, Mali by providing academic scholarships and we need your help to continue this project. These all-encompassing awards cover tuition, uniforms, school supplies, mentoring and community awareness activities that broadly promote girl's education and future economic and social empowerment.
In Sub-Saharan Africa numerous obstacles allow only 17 percent of girls to enroll in secondary school. With the world’s second highest birth rate and half of the population under 15 years old, Mali lags behind most African nations in its percentage of children in school. Secondary school seems out of reach for almost all despite studies showing that educated girls marry later, have fewer children, protect themselves against HIV-AIDS, and generate more income for their families.
The Batonga Scholarships cover school fees, uniforms, and school supplies, after-school tutorials that help girls improve their academic skills, and mentor programs that connect girls to volunteers in their communities who encourage their successes and teach them about important personal health topics, including how to prevent HIV/AIDS.
This project will educate and empower over 40 girls allowing them the chance to provide for themselves and their families with their knowledge and not their bodies.
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
