Goals

Problem statement:

Young girls from undeserved families and communities with low academic results face many challenges. Without intervention, they are at-risk for dropping out of school, early marriage, street work, sexual or physical abuse, or young pregnancy.

This project targets young at-risk girls in high schools, day centers and shelters. We plan to implement peer-led education programs for them. This will be done by creating a club called "Girls of the Future," which is partially financed by the US Embassy who trained 25 girls as peer educators. We believe these clubs will have a large impact in their communities.

Proposed Solution:

Young girls from undeserved families and communities with low academic results face many challenges. Without intervention, they are at-risk for dropping out of school, early marriage, street work, sexual or physical abuse, or young pregnancy.

This project targets young at-risk girls in high schools, day centers and shelters. We plan to implement peer-led education programs for them. This will be done by creating a club called "Girls of the Future," which is partially financed by the US Embassy who trained 25 girls as peer educators. We believe these clubs will have a large impact in their communities.

Sustainability:

Even my project is not long, I think that the results we will get are very sustainable and long-term, because through this project we are empowering future moms, teachers, successful businesswomen, or capable and confident housewives.

With this project, we are directly training 20 young ladies as peer mentors and indirectly training hundreds of them, because our beneficiaries have sisters, mothers, classmates, relatives and neighbors to whom they will share their education. At least some of them will be future mothers who can pass on the benefits to their children.

Equal gender opportunity:

This project targets women in hopes of giving them equal opportunities.