Impact And Reach

Where We Work

Local partner HQ: Sokone

Where we serve: Fatick Region

136 miles from capital city Dakar

School enrollment: fewer than 27% of girls

Villages: 47

Schools: 71

Launched in: 2004

Local partner HQ: Gatunga

Where we serve: Tharaka Region

145 miles from capital city Nairobi

School enrollment: 11% of children

Villages: 26

Schools: 37

Launched in: 2007

Measurable Impact

scholarships

women attended adult literacy classes

girls accepted an alternative to FGM

students accessed lending libraries & computer labs

learned about reproductive health

community members engaged

0 %

scholar rentention (2016 & 2017)

0 %

increase in reading test scores (2015-2017)

Students reading 30 minutes a day for fun (Kenya)

Before 9%

After our program 51%

Critical national exam passing rate (Senegal)

National 31%

WGEP 61%

Scholars qualifying for university (Kenya)

Regional 51%

WGEP 75%

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