Educate Girls, End Poverty

This project supported 31,180 of the hardest to reach girls, in mainly urban areas of Somalia, to increase their educational achievements and to successfully transition from primary to secondary education or vocational and employment opportunities.The most marginalised girls included internally displaced people, orphans, girls with disabilities, ethnic and clan minorities and girls in conflict-affected and remote areas. The project thus ensures that the education and psychosocial support offered was tailored to their level and type of marginalisation. Activities included: 

• Improved access to education for marginalised girls, and encouraged the development of life skills through the provision of bursaries, sanitary kits, solar lamps and Girls' Clubs, which provided psychosocial support
• Supported female mentors to run leadership activities for girls, which encourage them to voice their concerns and promoted the benefits of their own education
• Encouraged communities to participate in planning and monitoring processes for their schools, and to play a lead role in supporting girls to complete school through community-led behavioural change
• Worked with Ministry of Education and Teacher Training Institutes to train primary and secondary school teachers in improved teaching practices, gender-friendly and inclusive education, and English language skills