By Heran Abebe | Senior Gender Advisor
Pathfinder International
Educating and Empowering Girls in Ethiopia
GlobalGiving Final Report
August 2015
BACKGROUND
GlobalGiving donors have continuously supported Pathfinder International to empower the most vulnerable women and girls in Ethiopia since May 2008. The support aims to reduce the number of girls dropping out from school due to financial constraints and to equip them with life and leaderships skills. So far, Pathfinder has recruited 104 female students from very poor families: 77 from Addis Ababa and 27 from Amhara region have received grants.
UPDATE
The funds received from GlobalGiving donors have been utilized to continue supporting girls who want to carry on with their education without financial limitations. The generous support from GlobalGiving donors has helped our female students by providing 150 birr per month (US $7) to cover basic costs for school. By forming an association of their own, the girls have been meeting monthly to discuss problems they encounter as female students and come up with solutions as a group. Furthermore, the self-initiated study group has helped to improve their academic standing by providing peer support to discuss challenges in different subjects such as mathematics and physics.
END OF PROJECT
For over seven years, GlobalGiving donors have generously supported women and girls by removing the barriers to their secondary school education. As the project closes, we would like to recognize these generous donors for acknowledging the inextricable link between access to education and empowerment.
Project reports on GlobalGiving are posted directly to globalgiving.org by Project Leaders as they are completed, generally every 3-4 months. To protect the integrity of these documents, GlobalGiving does not alter them; therefore you may find some language or formatting issues.
If you donate to this project or have donated to this project, you can receive an email when this project posts a report. You can also subscribe for reports without donating.
