This project provides scholarships to nursing, midwifery and primary school teacher training for 300 village girls who have completed secondary school at the top of their class in northern Burkina Faso. Because their parents are subsistence farmers, these scholarships are the only source of funds these girls will have to enable them to further their studies in primary school teaching, nursing or midwifery.
The lack of education/training prevents women from participating in today's society and makes them unable to combat poverty and exclusion which impacts negatively each generation of children. In northern Burkina Faso, over 200 high achieving village girls from subsistence farming families graduate from secondary school each year with assistance of the Lambs Support Girls' Education Project. The only possibility for them to obtain postsecondary education is with outside scholarship help.
This project will pay for nursing, midwifery and primary school teacher training scholarships for at least 300 qualified girls whose parents are subsistence farmers in Burkina Faso. Their educations will enable them to contribute to the education, health and welfare of under-served rural communities. They will also serve as role models for younger village girls and as leaders within their rural communities.
Educating girls changes everything. When a girl in Burkina Faso receives an education, she marries later and has fewer children. When she earns an income, she reinvests it in her family, improving her children's health, education and well being, and she contributes to the development of her community and nation. When we invest in girls we all win! We empower the next generation to reach their potential as leaders committed to the growth and development of their countries.
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