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Send Rural Girls to School in Zimbabwe
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Summary
In the rural area near Victoria Falls, many girls are in great need of school fees to continue their education. This fund provides school fees, uniforms, meals and support for an empowerment center.
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Received $5,126 from 22 donations from people like:
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More Information About this Project
Project Needs and Beneficiaries
The majority of rural Zimbabweans live in poverty due to political and economic challenges and severe drought. Failing crops and record inflation translate to a great number of families unable to send their girl children to school. School fees and uniforms are impossible to pay as prices keep rising. Sadly, families must choose which of their children to send to school and sons are usually first choice. It is likely many girls will never return to school after dropping out.
Activities
IDEX partners with the Girl Child Network (GCN) who uses the funds to pay for school fees, a uniform and hot meals as well as counseling, AIDS prevention and leadership training for the most disadvantaged girls in the area outside of Victoria Falls.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $5,126
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $15,197
Total Funding Goal: $20,323
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
Resources
Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
GCN’s work shows that educating and counseling impoverished girls over the long term reduces HIV-prevalence and provides opportunities for economic independence. Supporting girls’ education and empowerment is an effective tool to eradicating poverty.
Project Message
“What I have actually learned is that as a girl child, I should not be looked down upon. I am empowered to do something.”
- Brenda, 16-year old President of a GCN Girls Club
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on June 04, 2008.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on August 15, 2007.
Latest Update from the Field
June 2008 Update
By Katherine Zavala - Coordinator of Programs, IDEX, June 04, 2008 09:59 PM
In the past year, GCN’s Community Development and Empowerment Program organized several activities for its HIV-prevention campaigns that included sensitization of traditional and church leaders on gender, HIV/AIDS and sexual abuse.
GCN organized a workshop with 44 traditional and church leaders in Chiredzi to impart knowledge on girl child abuse, gender and HIV/AIDS. Participants were encouraged to participate in a dialogue about the above-mentioned topics and their relation to the patriarchy that exists in their communities. As a result of this workshop, there was an increased commitment of traditional and religious leaders to reduce girl child abuse.
GCN Award Update
Betty Makoni, founder of Girl Child Network (GCN) in Zimbabwe was awarded the 2008 Ginetta-Sagan Award for Women's and Children's Rights.
“We are transforming victims into survivors, survivors into leaders. We help girls stand on their own feet and fight back against violence and exploitation.” Betty Makoni.
This prestigious award, overseen by Amnesty International, comes at a time of even greater uncertainty in Zimbabwe. The results of the Zimbabwe Presidential election is now heading off to a run-off on June 27, in the midst of growing violence in the country.
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