Arm Nigerian girls w/ the W.E.A.P.O.N of education
SummaryWomen & girls Education & Arts Providing Opportunity Now will provide full ride secondary school scholarship for 20 Nigerian school girls in Agbogugu Nigeria. |
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
The national literacy rate for Nigerian females is only 56%, compared to 72% for males, and in certain states the female literacy,enrollment and achievement rates are much lower. With 70% of the population living below the poverty line, girls are often sent to generate income for families by selling wares in the market or on the street. If an African girl has a chance to go to secondary school, there is a lower risk of her contracting HIV/AIDS, becoming a child bride, or a teen mother.
Activities
We will provide full 6 year secondary school scholarships (including uniforms, materials, nutrition) to at least 20 girls that will ensure funding for completion of school required before university.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $2,585
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $83,215
Total Funding Goal: $85,800
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
Girls in developing countries are the world’s greatest untapped resource for stability and growth. As economic actors and future mothers, safe, healthy, educated, economically empowered girls have the means to escape poverty and ignite progress.
Project Message
"Education is the way to move mountains, to build bridges, to change the world. Education is the path to the future. I believe that education is indeed freedom"
- Oprah Winfrey, Media Mogul/Philanthropist
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Megalyn Echikunwoke
President/Founder
P.O. Box 269
venice, ca 90291
United States
1888-5-weapon
Email:
Organization
W.E.A.P.O.N
PO Box 269
Venice,
CA
90291
United States
1(888)593-2766
http://www.knowledgeisaweapon.org
Where this Project is Located
Country
This project is located in 
Nigeria
and can also be found under 
Women and Girls.
For more information about Nigeria, read the Human Development Report on Nigeria or the Wikipedia entry for Nigeria.
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 August 4, 2009
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