ABOUT US
We get little girls off the street and into school in one of the world’s most dangerous slums in the world in Liberia, West Africa. We work with community leaders to identify the girls who are at the highest risk of being sexually exploited to ensure that education and opportunity, not exploitation and poverty, defines their lives. We pay tuition, provide school lunch and we work with the school and community to make it impossible for her to fail. It's working, 10% of our girls are 1st in their class!
HOW IT STARTED // Read founder's story
WHY GIRLS?
Educating one girl changes, well, everything. Here's why:
- When a girl in the developing world receives seven or more years of education, she marries four years later and has 2.2 fewer children.
- An extra year of primary school boosts girls' eventual wages by 10 to 20 percent. An extra year of secondary school: 15 to 25 percent.
- When women and girls earn income, they reinvest 90 percent of it into their families, as compared to only 30 to 40 percent for a man.
- When we invest in girls — we all win. Our communities are stronger. Our families are healthier. And our collective future is brighter.
Check out the girl effect video.
Meet the Team
- Foundation established by B’ville native helps children in Liberia get an education
- Founder of ‘More Than Me’ project to visit with youth
- It's Inspiration Time!
- Critic Review for Margot MacDonald
MEDIA MENTIONS
Please contact Stephanie Hood with any media enquiries.
