#GirlsEducation Update
February 5, 2015Girls’ Access to Education
This month at African Revival, we are focusing on #GirlsEducation because we believe that every girl has the right to a quality education.
Over the last 2 years, we have implemented a Girls’ Access to Education Project in 10 schools across Northern Uganda. It involved construction of girls’ changing and wash rooms, sensitization workshops for girls and boys (from upper primary) and the provision of sanitary pads. There were also workshops which addressed social issues incarnate in Ugandan culture which affect the education of girls, notably early marriage and pregnancy, issues surrounding menstruation, lack of parental support, and the preferential treatment often given to boys over girls in education. All these are ingredients to school drop-outs and low completion rates for girls at school.
Mary Adyero, the District GEM chairperson, recently had this to say about the project after attending one of African Revival’s workshops in Koch Goma primary school; “the training shall help the girls of Koch Goma, I will also use my position to ensure that all the girls in the district benefit from this workshop”.
Together, we can make
a significant impact on #GirlsEducation and ensure that as many girls as possible in Uganda and Zambia are getting the education they deserve – because when you educate a girl, you educate a family, and a whole nation.
