Zimbabwe
Women and GirlsGirl Child Network (GCN) - Girls' Empowerment Village in Hwange, Zimbabwe
Address
Girl Child Network (GCN)
c/o IDEX 827 Valencia Street, Suite 101
San Francisco,
California
94110
United States
415-824-8384
http://www.idex.org/gcn.html
Mission
Girl Child Network’s mission is to resocialise girls (0-18 years old) so that they articulate their individual and collective rights and strategically position themselves to take charge of their own empowerment.
Programs
GCN began as a club at a high school where girls met to share their concerns regarding forced marriage, virginity testing, rape, prostitution, HIV/AIDS and their limited economic opportunities. GCN now has over 300 clubs throughout Zimbabwe with more than 20,000 members, and three Empowerment Villages that shelter victims of sexual abuse. GCN also has numerous preventative projects including education, training, advocacy, and peer counseling for girls.
Girl Child Network (GCN)'s Current Projects on GlobalGiving
 Send Rural Girls to School in Zimbabwe |
Girl Child Network (GCN)'s Funded Projects on GlobalGiving
Personnel Overview
Kisha Montgomery - IDEX Program Director
In 2002, Kisha returned from a 6 month solo and self-funded tour of NGOs in Southern Africa. Before that, Kisha worked for 2.5 years as a coordinator of a welfare to work program that empowered women to self-sufficiency through employment at law firms. She also worked as an advocate for survivors of domestic violence for a year after graduating from Syracuse University Law School in 1996.
Betty Makoni - GCN Founder and Director
Betty Makoni has worked tirelessly to prevent violence, sexual abuse and discrimination against girls in Zimbabwe. She founded Girl Child Network in 1999 while working as a high school teacher in the suburbs of Harare. Born in 1971, she has a degree in Theatre Arts from the University of Zimbabwe and is married with three small children.
Personnel Statistics
Betty Makoni, Founder and Director
Founded in 1998
Employees: 25
Volunteers: 300
