Girls in School
Girls in our districts drop out for ordinary, solvable reasons: a term of fees, a missing uniform, a week of absence every month. Girls in School removes those reasons one at a time and stays with each girl until she sits her exams.
- Girls currently supported
- 860
- Continuing to the next class
- 91%
- Partner schools
- 23
What the programme actually does.
Fees and scholastic materials
Termly fees, uniform, books and exam registration, paid directly to the school and receipted.
Menstrual health kits
Reusable pads, underwear and a private changing space at the school, plus sessions for boys so the subject stops being a reason to stay home.
Mentors who check in
Every girl is paired with a woman from her own community who visits the school each term and follows up on absences.
Back-to-school tracing
When a girl stops attending, we visit the household within two weeks and negotiate her return.
$120 covers one full year of fees, uniform and materials for one girl.
Running in
KamuliFrom this programme.
The other three programmes
- Safe BirthAntenatal care, transport to a health facility and a trained attendant at every delivery.
- Child NutritionScreening, therapeutic feeding and cooking classes that keep treated children from relapsing.
- Women's LivelihoodsSavings groups, a skills course and start-up capital so a mother is not choosing between food and school fees.