Who does it help?

Pre-teen, adolescent girls and young women in each of our twelve partner primary schools and their surrounding communities.

What does it involve?

• This is one of our most wide-reaching project areas, we do a lot of different activities that all contribute towards keeping girls safe, happy and learning in school.

• Girls have access to our Learning and Resource Centre (LRC)

• Homework club and mentoring

• Individual support, training, guidance and counselling

• Social Worker support for victims of Gender Based Violence (GBV)

• Confidence building extra-curricular activities

• IT training

• Football training sessions and anti-School Related Gender Based Violence (SRGBV) as part of our Football for Brighter Futures project

• Fun Days to boost confidence, self-esteem and encourage sharing and friendship

• Academic tuition

• Water tanks for clean water for drinking and hand-washing in schools

• ‘Girl-friendly’ toilets in schools

• Training for parents, teachers, chiefs and community members to improve academic performance, safety and security of girls in and around school

• Improving teaching and learning in partner schools as part of our Raising Achievement project

• Work around abolishing corporal punishment in primary schools