1000 Kibera slum girls empowered to excel

All 320 girls from the 17 partner schools completed their final examination without a hitch. (15 YEAR OLD MISS EXAMS TO BE WITH HER LOVER) This was the headlines in our Daily Newspapers. Our society is still very low to listening to the needs of girls and working with them towards their prosperity. Polycom Development Project using our slogan G-Pende meaning Love Yourself, dedicate her resources in ensuring that girls understands the importance of education. This is the only sure way of breaking the circle of poverty in their lives. 15 very needy girls out these 320 have already applied for education scholarship through Polycom Development Project. Can we let them down after all the encouragements, NO, with the little each one gives, our girls should join high school.

Look at these figures if you want to understand the difference your contribution makes in the lives of these girls. In 2017, we had no grant at all for our adolescent girls programs despite the numerous grant proposal we wrote to different organizations. We understand that donor funding is shrinking, but that does not mean that the needs in the community are going away, it only means that we must work harder and dig deeper into our pockets to make it happen.

1. 510 adolescent girls benefited from the Saturday weekly forums on Being Yourself, Being Empowered, Being Healthy and Being Money Savvy, no wonder there were no reports of school drop outs. 2 became pregnant but continued coming to school through our encouragment.

2. 5840 Sanitary towels were distributed to needy girls from Kibera Slums

3. 225 girls participated actively in sports activities

4. 12 girls received education scholarships under the EDUCATE HER PROJECT

5. 1020 Litres of detergents were distributed to clean the toilets

The are just but a clock of what your money did. We are approaching #GivingTuesday, kindly save 20 dollars for Kibera Girls, we love you always.

(www.polycomgirls.org)