impressions
…… some impressions of our visits of the supported projects.:
Nepal
volleyball competition, GOAL program, Pokhara
leadership program. EWN
congratulations to the facilitators of the girl leadership training – you do a great job and we are so glad to have been able to visit
the girls not only learn a lot during the life skills sessions but also enjoy playing sport activities afterwards. you can see more here.
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room to read
thanks to the valuable work done by room to read in only a couple of years, mothers are now more aware of the importance of sending to their daughters to school – and not just to primary school but also to secondary school!
nyf
Olga is the founder of this organisation, and she is a wonderful inspiration and role model. to know more about her, watch the video or read this article.
on this visit we are happy to see that the counselling service for freed indentured girls is running well and bringing positive change in the lives of ex-kamlari girls.
plan nepal
project “promoting girls education and self-employment”.
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#girlunstoppable, a partnership between cottier donzé foundation and Plan – for more self confidence and against the outdated role models
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research: Mädchen in der Schweiz: von der Überholspur zurück in den Boxenstopp? here
KENYA
Nairobi
Stara School (Kibera)
Binti Pamoja
Technoserve
business solution to poverty: empowering young women entrepreneurs. Young women generate income, jobs and wealth for their families and communities by opening for instance public toilets, selling eggs or clothes, or running other small businesses.
Ruby Cup
have you ever thought about how girls and women who cannot afford pads or tampons cope with their period? In many parts of the world, this is everyday life—each and every month! Women and girls living in developing countries face problems when they menstruate because they simply cannot afford sanitary pads or tampons.
menstruation is a completely overlooked barrier to development and it has a significant impact on education, gender, equality and basic human dignity. Ruby Cup supports breaking this taboo.
Safe Spaces
the program helps build leadership skills and confidence amongst young girls and women living in vulnerable conditions
girls in the safe spaces program requested that safe spaces help them to create safe spaces at home as well. as a result 6 forums were held, reaching 1200 parents during october – december 2013. issues discussed included female genital mutilation, early marriage, and hiv. the girls also wanted their parents to understand their growth processes and clear up misunderstandings as to what empowerment for the girls is. the forums were very well received and the parents expressed interest in attending future forums.
during the school holidays, safe spaces ran a 1 week basketball camp for 300 girls. the goal was to discuss ways to lessen misunderstandings at home by improving the communication between the girls and their parents, and to have fun at the same time.
5 girls who are completing their training as auto-mechanics using an education loan. safe spaces dreams of owning their all-female garage!
a visit to nairobi included visiting our partners there, as well as meeting with boniface mwangi from pawa254. he took us to visit dandora, one of the largest dump sites in africa