Valuable Girl: Empower 100,000 Girls in Egypt

Dear friend,  

As always, thank you for your continued support for the Valuable Girl Project.  

As you may know, the Valuable Girl Project cycle is two years long. We create a baseline, midline, and endline report for each cycle to better track the Project’s benefits and girls’ progress over the course of the two years. We have reached the end of the first half of this cycle, which means it’s time to reflect on the progress made while looking forward to the coming year! 

According to our most recent assessment, Big Sisters stated they believe men are better leaders than women. It’s up to us to change that mentality! As a result, we held a three-day training workshop for the “sisters” on gender equality and empowering women.  

By highlighting female leadership in society, we demonstrate the realm of possibilities the “sisters” can be inspired by. They draw from real-life examples and envision who they can be. The workshop challenged the common misconception that women cannot assume leadership positions in their communities and laid down seeds to embrace the concept of equality.  

This quarter, Big and Little Sisters, along with mothers of the Little Sisters, also celebrated International Women’s Day and Egyptian Mother’s Day. They participated in activities to raise awareness against the harmful effects of female genital mutilation (FGM/C) and early marriage. 

Thank you for your great support to show vulnerable girls and young women in Egypt that they can be leaders!