Help put girls at the forefront of change

On behalf of all of us at Girl Determined and more than two thousand Colorful Girls across Myanmar, thank you for your continued support. 

In 2016 we will really get the chance to STRETCH ourselves as many of the smaller projects we have been thinking about,  researching, testing and building are finally coming together.  We just want to give you a quick overview of some of the creative, impactful activities planned for 2016. 

Of course, we get to continue working with 42 communities, including over 2000 girls aged 12-17 in the building of strong, skilled and confident girl leaders.  We will also expand the reach of Colorful Girls weekly leadership circles to two more communities - about 150 more girls.

During school holidays, also known as the "hot season," and believe me, its hot, we will have two levels of our Girls' Peacebuilding Summer Camp to strengthen girls' communcation skills across ethnic and religious differences.

In a very different type of activity, its our pleasure to launch a new, girl-positive brand of books written by Myanmar authors that inspire girls to be their best selves.  Details to come!

We will operationalize our  Girls Safety and Security program so that girls know that they have advocates in the event they face serious abuse or harassment.

And, lastly, but importantly, in order to put the tools in the hands of local communities across the country, we will develop training manuals and activities to ensure that other community organizations can successfully implement girls leadership circles and sports programs in their communities too.

Yes, it is quite a bit. But, don’t you agree, girls deserve the opportunity to thrive. And with the changing political, economic and social landscape of contemporary Myanmar, there is renewed opportunity for girls to usher in real, durable change.

We are working with adolescent girls, their parents, their communtiy leaders, political activists, and business leaders to reduce girls vulnerbailities and increase girls access to opportunities at this most critical and interesting juncture in Myanmar history.

Thanks for being a part of it and help us to further stretch oursleves in 2016.  Your contributions make it possible.

Warmest regards,

brooke