girls rising – one at a time!
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Girls Rising – One at a TIME!. By being part of this project you too commit to act in solidarity with girls ’ suffering, exclusion, lack of opportunity, violence because of their gender, denial of human rights, forced marriage, rape. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Girls
Rising –
One at a TIME!
By being part of this project you too commit to act in solidarity with girls’ suffering, exclusion, lack of
opportunity, violence because of their gender, denial of human rights, forced marriage, rape.
“Data has proven that 66 million girls are missing out on the
education that could transform their own lives and the world .”
Thanks to all of you for being part of our International Network. We WILL NOT
STOP until every girl has an opportunity to attend school.
In the past girls from this school have helped to build a school in Cambodia, provided scholarships, and now you are helping to build a school in Sudan.
Our new School in Sudan
Children from the NUBA Mountains
New classrooms in process
Local villagers arrive to help
Your money at work!
Children sit in front of new building
Food arriving from the UN – Food Program
Lunch-time in the Nuba mountains
A new classroom
A Teacher’s House
Local women preparing food
Overnight Accommodation
Thanks to all of YOU from all of US! -
Did you know that in some cultures, Protecting a Girl’s honor and sexuality means marrying a young girl to protect her family’s honor?
“Did you know that poor families are
tempted to sell their girl children, not just
for marriage, but into prostitution, as the dollar transaction
enables large sums of money to change
hands?”
“I was married to a nine-year-old boy when I was three . . . .
“I had the first of my 7 children
when I was 11 years-old.”
If current levels of child marriage hold, 14.2 million girls annually or 39,000 daily will
marry too young!
Tahani, 8, is seen here with her husband Majed, 27. Her classmate Ghada, 8, and her husband of 29, outside
their house.
Child marriage, which has existed for centuries, is a deeply complex issue, rooted in
gender inequality, tradition and terrible poverty.
HOW CAN WE
HELP?
RAISE AWARENESS
ABOUT THE PLIGHT OF GIRLS AND
ISSUES SURROUNDING
THEIR LIVES.
Do not be overwhelmed, and recognize that while we cannot save every girl, we
can help, and have helped, many!
Early Childhood Marriage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYleXcpbzKY&feature=youtu.be