Educate a Girl: Be Part of her Tomorrow!
Our goal? To boost the status of girls through education, which — over time — leads to an improved standard of living for entire communities in the developing world. This is a crucial element to stop gendercide.
To date, we’ve raised enough to send 240 girls to primary school for a year (or 80 young women to college for a year).
Educating girls is critical to stopping gendercide
Without your gifts, most of these girls would be married, working, and having babies.
Education prevents child marriage and transforms a girl from an economic burden to an economic asset.
Invisible Children Uganda
Acero is 14 years old and attends school in Northern Uganda. She brings purpose and energy to her studies, and already, she writes English quite well. Read her letter entitled ‘The Woman I Want to Be in the Future.’
Acero attends school with funds from the Gendercide Awareness Project provided to education partner Invisible Children Uganda.
“I want to be a Doctor because I want to give advice to young girls who are still in school on how to avoid getting HIV AIDS.
“I want to be a Doctor because most girls get early pregnancy because they don’t know how to avoid it and if my dream comes true, I will be controlling them on how to avoid it.
“I want to be a Doctor because people in our community suffer from diseases and there is no Doctor who can give first aid.
“I want to be a Doctor because I hate to see when people die with causes of accidents e.g. road accident, which they will take the casualty to the health center without having first aid.
“That is the woman I want to be because we are in a competitive world.”
Vanesa is 18 years old. Two years ago, she left public school to work in a tortilleria with her mother because the family could not afford for her to go to school.
Vanesa’s favorite subject is math, and she would like to become a doctor.
In her spare time, she likes to write songs and sing. She wrote us a beautiful thank you letter:
Vanesa’s thank you letter — a translated passage:
“I am very grateful with the association (Gendap) for helping me, I want to show everyone that the help I am getting is worth it.
“One of my greatest dreams is to be a great doctor so I can help those who need it and do not have the means to pay for medicine. I also want to thank the principal Jorge Chojolan for his support and tell him that I am happy to study at this beautiful institution, Miguel Angel Asturias Academy. It is an excellent establishment; here they help us get educated adequately so we can be better persons every day.
“Thank you for making me so happy and for all the support, for giving me the opportunity to study and for helping me get closer to realizing my dreams. Thank you for being a person that loves to help others. Thank you.”
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The World Economic Forum estimates that globally, women earn an average income of $12,000 per year, compared to $21,000 per year for men. That’s because 1) women’s care taking work with children and the elderly is unpaid labor and 2) women choose lower paying jobs and work fewer hours (at paid work) to accommodate child care and work at home. Over time, that yearly disparity in income develops into an enormous gap in wealth and power.
Education reduces the gap, makes women self-reliant, and empowers them to challenge patriarchal laws and customs in their societies. It’s not a cure-all, though, as even educated women suffer a loss of income due to the reasons cited above.