Monday, October 15, 2012
Save a Girl, Change the World to launch a new campaign!!!
Details coming soon on new campaign for Save a Girl, Change the World.
I feel compelled to write about the recent attack on a young girl for supporting girls education.
As written in the Huffington Post -
KARACHI, Pakistan (RNS) The Taliban is threatening to kill a 14-year-old Pakistani girl whom it shot for helping other girls go to school -- if she survives a wounding that has made her a hero to many Pakistanis.
Schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head and neck, was airlifted Thursday (Oct. 11) to a military hospital for her own protection after the attack that also injured two of her friends. A hospital spokesman described her condition as "satisfactory" on Friday.
Malala was targeted for speaking out about girls' education in Swat Valley in northwestern Pakistan, an area where Islamists who oppose schools for girls have much control.
In 2009, Malala wrote a blog under a pseudonym about living under Taliban rule for the BBC in the Urdu language -- winning a national peace prize for her efforts.
"I realized the importance of education when it was banned in Swat," Malala said in an August interview with Black Box Sounds, a production company in Pakistan. "I wanted to be able to attend school again. I wished for peace in Swat and that I could go to school."
This is an outrage and now more than ever there needs to be a fight for girl's education everywhere.
To read full story click this linke below -
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/13/malala-yousafzai-taliban_n_1962797.html
As written in the Huffington Post -
KARACHI, Pakistan (RNS) The Taliban is threatening to kill a 14-year-old Pakistani girl whom it shot for helping other girls go to school -- if she survives a wounding that has made her a hero to many Pakistanis.
Schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head and neck, was airlifted Thursday (Oct. 11) to a military hospital for her own protection after the attack that also injured two of her friends. A hospital spokesman described her condition as "satisfactory" on Friday.
Malala was targeted for speaking out about girls' education in Swat Valley in northwestern Pakistan, an area where Islamists who oppose schools for girls have much control.
In 2009, Malala wrote a blog under a pseudonym about living under Taliban rule for the BBC in the Urdu language -- winning a national peace prize for her efforts.
This is an outrage and now more than ever there needs to be a fight for girl's education everywhere.
To read full story click this linke below -
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/13/malala-yousafzai-taliban_n_1962797.html
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Coalition for Adolescent Girls
Coalition for Adolescent Girls
http://www.coalitionforadolescentgirls.org/
I cannot say enough good things about this organization!!!
Coalition for Adolescent Girls: “The Coalition for Adolescent Girls (CAG) brings together more than 30 international organizations that design, implement and evaluate programs that benefit girls throughout the developing world who are trapped in cycles of poverty. When adolescent girls are educated, healthy and financially literate, they can create lasting change within communities and end generations of poverty”.
The organization is involved in 5 main initatives:1. Girls Count; 2.) Education; 3.) Health; 4.) Voice; 5.) MAPS. These 5 initiatives are pivotal to helping to raise awareness for girls and young women in developing countries.
Why Girls? “BECAUSE THEY'RE READY TO CHANGE OUR WORLD! She is the world’s most powerful force for change. An adolescent girl stands at the doorway of adulthood. If she stays in school, remains healthy, and gains skills, she will marry later, have fewer and healthier children, and earn an income that she’ll invest back into her family”.
Continue to check back for details on how to join the efforts! Also, remember to check out http://www.cafepress.com/SaveaGirl and look good while giving back!!!!
http://www.coalitionforadolescentgirls.org/
I cannot say enough good things about this organization!!!
Coalition for Adolescent Girls: “The Coalition for Adolescent Girls (CAG) brings together more than 30 international organizations that design, implement and evaluate programs that benefit girls throughout the developing world who are trapped in cycles of poverty. When adolescent girls are educated, healthy and financially literate, they can create lasting change within communities and end generations of poverty”.
The organization is involved in 5 main initatives:1. Girls Count; 2.) Education; 3.) Health; 4.) Voice; 5.) MAPS. These 5 initiatives are pivotal to helping to raise awareness for girls and young women in developing countries.
Why Girls? “BECAUSE THEY'RE READY TO CHANGE OUR WORLD! She is the world’s most powerful force for change. An adolescent girl stands at the doorway of adulthood. If she stays in school, remains healthy, and gains skills, she will marry later, have fewer and healthier children, and earn an income that she’ll invest back into her family”.
Continue to check back for details on how to join the efforts! Also, remember to check out http://www.cafepress.com/SaveaGirl and look good while giving back!!!!
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Mountain2Mountain
Save a Girl, Change the World is excited to discuss the organization MountainMountain (M2M). I read an article on the founder Shannon Galpin in the recent edition of Outside magazine and just had to find out more. This is truly an amazing women and organization. Mountain2Mountain (M2M) is a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering the people of Afghanistan, with a focus on women and girls and gender equity.
“Mountain2Mountain is working to create education and opportunity for the women and girls of Afghanistan. We believe that investing in women and girls is the most effective way to achieve stability and economic prosperity” (M2M, 2011).
M2M’s founder, Shannon Galpin, started M2M in 2006. “Inspired by becoming a mother, Shannon took action on her deep conviction that all women and girls deserve the same rights and opportunities as her own daughter” (M2M, 2011).
I am truly impressed and love to hear inspiring storied such as this. To learn more about M2M and the founder Shannon Galpin go to: www.mountain2mountain.org
October 8th, 2011 M2M is hosting community bike rides in selected cities.
Minneapolis, MN is one of them!!! Please check back for more details and SAVE THE DATE!
Get inspired, change the world!!!
Save the Girl, Change the World
“Mountain2Mountain is working to create education and opportunity for the women and girls of Afghanistan. We believe that investing in women and girls is the most effective way to achieve stability and economic prosperity” (M2M, 2011).
M2M’s founder, Shannon Galpin, started M2M in 2006. “Inspired by becoming a mother, Shannon took action on her deep conviction that all women and girls deserve the same rights and opportunities as her own daughter” (M2M, 2011).
I am truly impressed and love to hear inspiring storied such as this. To learn more about M2M and the founder Shannon Galpin go to: www.mountain2mountain.org
October 8th, 2011 M2M is hosting community bike rides in selected cities.
Minneapolis, MN is one of them!!! Please check back for more details and SAVE THE DATE!
Get inspired, change the world!!!
Save the Girl, Change the World
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Happy New Year!!!
Happy New Year!!! Save a Girl, Change the World would like to thank you for your continued support this past year. As I reflect on the past year, I am thankful for the past year and filled with hope for the excited new year.
Save a Girl, Change the World is working on exciting new additions and will make announcements in the near future. Until then, continue to create awareness and cultivate change to empower, support, and educate girls and young women in developing countries.
Save a Girl, Change the World
Mission
The mission Save a Girl, Change the World is to build a social movement to increase awareness, cultivate change, and empower girls and young women in developing countries through supportive projects, health care initiatives, and education.
Values
Empower
Support
Education
Leadership
Collaboration
Campaign for change: Create a social movement to create awareness and cultivate change. Major social and cultural changes are brought on by grassroots social movements. Knowledge is power and with knowledge comes responsibility. Follow our blog and check out our FB page!!!
Save a Girl, Change the World is working on exciting new additions and will make announcements in the near future. Until then, continue to create awareness and cultivate change to empower, support, and educate girls and young women in developing countries.
Save a Girl, Change the World
Mission
The mission Save a Girl, Change the World is to build a social movement to increase awareness, cultivate change, and empower girls and young women in developing countries through supportive projects, health care initiatives, and education.
Values
Empower
Support
Education
Leadership
Collaboration
Campaign for change: Create a social movement to create awareness and cultivate change. Major social and cultural changes are brought on by grassroots social movements. Knowledge is power and with knowledge comes responsibility. Follow our blog and check out our FB page!!!
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Ghana Health and Education Initiative (GHEI)
Save a Girl, Change the World would like to recognize the organization Ghana Health and Education Initiative (GHEI). GHEI's objective is to help build a sustainable future for the people of Ghana through community-based health and education projects (GHEI, 2010). GHEI works within the community with both health and education initiatives. GHEI recognizes gender disparities exist and work with girls and women in the community to build and develop women empowerment programs. This organization is another example of how educating girls and women benefits the entire community.
For more information please go to:www.ghei.org
GHEI accepts volunteers!!!
Reference
Global Health and Education Initiative (2010). Health programs. Retrieved on May 20, 2010 from www.ghei.org
For more information please go to:www.ghei.org
GHEI accepts volunteers!!!
Reference
Global Health and Education Initiative (2010). Health programs. Retrieved on May 20, 2010 from www.ghei.org
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Educate Girls Globally
Research has proven time and time again that investing in girls and women is essential for economic growth and social achievement. When women and girls are educated, the birthrate falls, family health improves, literacy increases because an educated mother is more likely to send her children to school, political extremism and violence decline, and national income grows (EGG, 2010).
Save a Girl, Change the World gives recognition the organization Educate Girls Globally (EGG).
The Educate Girls Globally team is small, close-knit, highly experienced and very focused on our mission to provide opportunities for women and girls to achieve their full potential, recognizing that educated women are the world’s most powerful agents of social change (EGG, 2010).
Please take a moment to read more about the organization. EGG also accepts volunteers to work abroad. www.educategirls.org
Girls matter because they are human beings. Girls have equal rights to human dignity, self-determination, freedom from violence, good health, education, and participation in economic and political life (Global & Investment Action Agenda, 2009).
The wellbeing of girls is vital for societies—and protecting girls’ rights and fostering their opportunities is the right strategy for economic development (Global & Investment Action Agenda, 2009).
Save a Girl, Change the World gives recognition the organization Educate Girls Globally (EGG).
The Educate Girls Globally team is small, close-knit, highly experienced and very focused on our mission to provide opportunities for women and girls to achieve their full potential, recognizing that educated women are the world’s most powerful agents of social change (EGG, 2010).
Please take a moment to read more about the organization. EGG also accepts volunteers to work abroad. www.educategirls.org
Girls matter because they are human beings. Girls have equal rights to human dignity, self-determination, freedom from violence, good health, education, and participation in economic and political life (Global & Investment Action Agenda, 2009).
The wellbeing of girls is vital for societies—and protecting girls’ rights and fostering their opportunities is the right strategy for economic development (Global & Investment Action Agenda, 2009).
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