By Virginia Wiltse | CRMF Executive Director
Despite the catastrophic damage inflicted on the city of Toamasina and on our programs by Cyclone Gezani in February, by June CRMF and our partners ONG St. Gariel were able to restart all our educational programs including “Let’s Keep Girls in School.”
In the urban area, a new cohort of 60 girls added cooking classes and classes in leadership and self-confidence to the core curriculum of hygiene education, menstrual hygiene management, lessons in human anatomy and the prevention of sexually transmitted infections.
In the rural area, a new cohort of 60 girls from the Model Healthy Village of Ambodisiny added to their core classes in self-care, training sessions in making organic compost and vermicompost. This creative summer program promotes among the girls biological and ecological practices for a more sustainable and self-reliant future for themselves and their communities.
Summer programs like these keep girls engaged in meaningful activities while school is not in session.
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