Build a Girls' Empowerment Village in Zimbabwe
Summary
The Empowerment Village will serve as a shelter, counseling center and community clubhouse where girls combating sexual and emotional abuse can regain their self-esteem and hope for the future.
How Donors Like You HelpedThanks to donors like you, a total of $9,771 was raised for this project. 
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More Information About this Project
Project Needs and Beneficiaries
In Zimbabwe, the boy child is given priority in all aspects of life. This has resulted in the escalating number of homeless girls, school drop-outs, child prostitution, rape, HIV/AIDS, forced virginity testing, early marriages and pregnancies. By setting up an Empowerment Village in rural Hwange, the project will reach over 1,000 girls. The first of its kind in the area, the village will expose the rampant abuse against girl children and break the culture of silence and shame in Hwange.
Activities
Two hundred girls will be assisted in setting up and running income-generating self-help projects. Three hundred girls will be reinstated to schools and 100 girls will be assisted with applications to apply for University.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $9,771
Funding Information
This 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 $9,771. The original project funding goal was $8,517.
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
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Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
In addition to 1,000 members, each year at least 300 girls will be assisted with counseling and temporary shelter from abuse. The structure itself will include offices, classrooms, four hostels, two kitchens, and a crafts center.
Project Message
The GCN Empowerment Villages work miracles for the girl children of Zimbabwe. Life is particularly difficult for women and children, and for many, the village is their only hope for a better future.
- Anuradha Srikantan, IDEX Africa Program Director
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Anuradha Srikantan,
IDEX Africa Program Director
IDEX
827 Valencia Street, Suite 101
San Francisco, California 94110
United States
415-824-8384
Email:
Project Sponsor
International Development Exchange (IDEX)
Organization
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Girl Child Network (GCN) c/o IDEX 827 Valencie Street, Suite 101 San Francisco, California 94110 United States 415-824-8384 http://www.idex.org/partner.php?partner_id=13 |
Learn more about Girl Child Network (GCN) and the project team.
Girl Child Network (GCN)'s Funded Projects on GlobalGiving
 Scholarships for Disadvantaged Girls in Zimbabwe |
 Girls' Empowerment Village in Hwange, Zimbabwe |
 Send Rural Girls to School in Zimbabwe |
 Send Rural Girls to School in Zimbabwe |
Where this Project is Located
Country
This project is located in 
Zimbabwe
and can also be found under 
Women and Girls.
For more information about Zimbabwe, read the Human Development Report on Zimbabwe or the Wikipedia entry for Zimbabwe.
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on September 15, 2006.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on July 19, 2004.
Latest Update from the Field
GCN Wins UNDP Red Ribbon Award!
By IDEX - Project sponsor, September 15, 2006 06:17 PM
IDEX congratulates our partner, Girl Child Network (GCN), on the announcement that the organization is a winner of the Red Ribbon Award: Celebrating Community Leadership and Action on AIDS. Based in Zimbabwe, GCN is the first winner of the Red Ribbon award for Addressing Gender Inequities that Fuel the HIV/AIDS Epidemic. The award was given to them at the XVI International AIDS Conference in Toronto last month.
Sarah Dotlich, IDEX's Africa Program Director announced, "We have been watching their truly exceptional work grow since GCN's inception in 1998. It's fitting to see GCN receive international recognition that can only help them to further their objectives while providing a model of similar initiatives in the region."
To learn more about the compelling work of GCN come and hear one of the founding members speak. Memory Bandera will be in the Bay Area at the end of September and IDEX is hosting an event for her at the Women's Building, see below.
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