Educational Support for 1,200 Girls in Ethiopia
Support Ethiopia girls education
Summary
This program will provide educational opportunities through four years of high school for Ethiopian girls who otherwise would not have the opportunity to complete school.
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
The enrollment of girls in Ethiopian schools is relatively high. However, girls usually do not continue through high school. They bear the burden of heavy household chores and the practice of early marriages often ends a young girl’s chances for an education. This project offers scholarships and school supplies to outstanding girls from poor homes and encourages parents to keep their daughters in school through high school.
Activities
This project selects outstanding female students and provides them with in-country scholarships and a stipend. Quarterly community meetings are held that include parents and teachers. The meetings encourage the girls to continue with their education.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $9,679
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $51,241
Total Funding Goal: $60,920
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
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Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
This project will improve access to school for girls. The program focuses on girls from poor households. By helping them stay in school, you give them a chance at an education and to escape poverty.
Project Message
When I was selected to receive 170 birr per month from the Amhara Women’s Association, together with another school mate, I stopped selling nuts on the streets and concentrated on my education.
- Mulu Berhanu--Amhara region, a student who received a scholarship
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Tilahun Giday
Country Representative, Pathfinder-Ethiopia
Bole Sub-city; Kebele 02
House No. 2446
Addis Ababa, 12655
Ethiopia
(251) –011-661-3330
Email:
Project Sponsor
Organization
Pathfinder International
9 Galen St., Suite 217
Watertown,
MA
2472
United States
617-924-7200
http://www.pathfind.org
Pathfinder International's Current Projects on GlobalGiving
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Where this Project is Located
Country
This project is located in 
Ethiopia
and can also be found under 
Women and Girls.
For more information about Ethiopia, read the Human Development Report on Ethiopia or the Wikipedia entry for Ethiopia.
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on November 6, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on February 3, 2006
Latest Update from the Field
Update on Scholarship Beneficiaries
By Tilahun Giday - Pathfinder Ethiopia Country Representative, November 02, 2009 10:19 AM
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