BRAC Safe Spaces & Loans for Teenage Ugandan Girls
More Information About this ProjectProject Needs and BeneficiariesThere are 600 million teenage girls living in poverty in the developing world. This project benefits girls in one of the world’s poorest countries: Uganda. The project addresses the prevalent inequalities created by subordination, early marriage, frequent pregnancy, abandonment, divorce, domestic violence, marginalization and exclusion through financial and social interventions. The effect is a higher standard of living for families, villages, and the entire country. ActivitiesLife skill training, reading, socializing at the center, playing indoor games, income generation training courses, extra-curricular activities, livelihood training, micro finance group formation, micro lending, impact research. Funding InformationTotal Funding Received to Date: $18,091 Funding InformationThis project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available. Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $18,091. The original project funding goal was $90,000. Additional DocumentationThis project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc). ResourcesWhy this Project is ImportantPotential Long Term ImpactAn educated girl marries 4 years later, has 2.2 fewer children and reinvests 90% of her income in her family as opposed to a man’s 35%. Educating girls reduces overall HIV and malnutrition and also leads to higher high school attendance. Project Message
“We can dramatically improve the lives of adolescent girls and the communities they live in by giving the girls a basic education and a means to earn a livelihood.” Who is Running This ProjectContact
Michelle Chaplin, Project SponsorOrganization
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For more information about Uganda, read the Human Development Report on Uganda or the Wikipedia entry for Uganda. When this Project was UpdatedLast UpdatedThis project was last updated on October 16, 2008. Date Added to GlobalGivingThis project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on May 20, 2008. Latest Update from the FieldWe've done it!By Michelle Chaplin - Program Manager, BRAC USA, October 16, 2008 01:21 PM
Thanks to your generous support, all 20 of the safe space centers for girls are now open, and 500 girls are benefiting from weekly meetings where they can interact and discuss issues with other girls and get advice from trained mentors on topics that they may feel uncomfortable discussing, such as pregnancy, menstruation and early marriage. Girls are also encouraged to stay in school and are offered training courses in managing their finances so that they can take out microfinance loans. Read 1 more "Updates from the Field" | Comment on this update How Else You Can Help |
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