By Harriet Spears | Strategic Partnerships & Communications Manager
Education is a human right. Unfortunately in rural Kenya, only 11% of secondary school-aged children attend school. Women’s Global Education Project helps more girls attend school, and also addresses the more difficult challenge of keeping them from dropping out.
Our Alternative Rite of Passage (ARP) program helps girls avoid early marriage and stay in school by offering an alternative to the harmful practice of FGM/C, while empowering them to learn more about reproductive health, healthy relationships, personal hygiene and confidence-building.
In December 2019, 378 girls participated in the ARP program in central Kenya! Watch this short video, filmed in collaboration with the Girls Opportunity Alliance, about how ARP helps girls like Gatwiri live up to their life’s potential: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRFgn2JbjF8&t=16s.
Since the program’s inception, over 2,578 have participated in the ARP program. Thanks to supporters like you, this number will increase to over 3,000 by the end of 2020! Thank you for believing in the future of every girl!
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