By Amy Baty-Herbert | Project Leader
Today, on the International Day of the Girl, we celebrate girls around the world and the opportunities that education can create.
Dorcas's story is a powerful example. From 2022 to 2025, Develop Africa supported Dorcas with tuition throughout her university education. That support helped her complete her studies and graduate with an Honours Degree in Entrepreneurship, Leadership, and Governance.
Looking back on her university journey, Dorcas reflects on what Develop Africa’s support meant to her:
“Your support was much more than financial assistance, it was an investment in my future, my dreams, and the person I am becoming today.”
For Dorcas, the investment helped remove a significant barrier to completing her education.
“Your support helped remove one of the biggest barriers to my education and allowed me to focus on learning, growing, and preparing myself for the future.”
This is what girls’ education can do. It can turn opportunity into possibility—and possibility into achievement.
She recognizes that many young people do not have the same opportunities she was given.
“I know that I have been fortunate to receive support from people who believed that my education was worth investing in.”
And that realization has shaped her vision for the future.
“One of my greatest hopes for the future is to reach a point where I can do the same for others.”
Dorcas’ story reminds us that when we invest in a girl’s education, we are not simply helping one student complete one year of school. A girl who receives an opportunity today can become a woman who creates opportunities for others tomorrow.
Her story began with an opportunity to learn. Now, she dreams of becoming someone who can give that opportunity to others.
That is what girls’ education can do.
Thank you to every donor who believes that a girl’s education is worth investing in—and who helps make it possible for more girls to dream, achieve, and become the changemakers of tomorrow.
Happy International Day of the Girl!
“You gave me an opportunity to learn, but more importantly, you gave me the confidence to dream bigger.” — Dorcas
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