By Sylvester Renner | Project Leader
Dear Project Supporters,
Because of YOU, we are so super happy to report that in the last 2 months or so, 10 girls / young ladies have received full scholarships. Thanks to your specific investment into their lives, these girls are now eagerly looking forward to restarting school - when school reopens at the end of March. This is so amazing and we are so grateful for your support!
Meet Augusta. Augusta is an additional young lady who has received support through your donations. Your donations have provided for all her school-related costs. Augusta loves school and would like to be an accountant someday. Augusta comes from a poor family background. Both parents are illiterate and are not gainfully employed. Her mother is housewife while her father works at the Quay. His income is grossly inadequate to take care of Augusta and her siblings.
In the photo, you can see Augusta holding a radio and batteries she received earlier so she could listen to the radio broadcasts by the Ministry of Education. She is likewise eagerly looking forward to reopening of school. YOUR support is making her education dreams come true.
The African Union Summit just ended a few weeks ago in January, According to a Huffington Post summary: "Due to weak gender policies, lack of credible evaluation and measurement, implementation and monitoring, vaguely imported programs and the willingness to act, African governments are letting women and girls down" - Africa's Poor Policies Letting Women and Girls Down.
Because of this dire situation, hundreds of girls are still at risk of dropping out of school or not attending school at all. We are determined to keep working together till every child that desires to go to school has the opportunity to do so. No girl or child should be let down or left behind.
Your continued support will help us provide many more girls with full scholarships - so they can attend school - fully equipped. Thanks so much for your support!
Best Wishes,
Develop Africa team
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