Girls Education (Aid for Africa)

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Key Information

Aid for Africa is committed to empowering girls through education. When a girl in Africa gets the chance to go to school and stay in school, the cycle of poverty is broken and things change.

Lead Implementing Organization(s)

Location(s)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Activity URL

https://www.aidforafrica.org/

Government Affiliation

Non-governmental program

Years

None - 2020

Partner(s)

Not applicable or unknown

Ministry Affiliation

Unknown

Funder(s)

Not applicable or unknown

COVID-19 Response

Unknown

Geographic Scope

Global / regional

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Attainment
  • Primary completion
  • Primary enrollment
  • Primary to secondary transition
  • Secondary completion
Skills
  • Civics education
  • Literacy
  • Numeracy
  • STEM

Cross-cutting areas

  • Economic/livelihoods (including savings/financial inclusion, etc.)
  • Empowerment
  • Gender equality
  • Social and gender norms and beliefs

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Girls in school, Youth

Age

6 - 19

School Enrolment Status

All in school

School Level

  • Lower primary
  • Upper primary
  • Lower secondary
  • Upper secondary

Other populations reached

Not applicable or unknown

Participants include

Not applicable or unknown

Program Approaches Back to Top

Curriculum/learning
  • Increased availability of learning materials
Life skills education
  • Gender, rights and power
Menstrual hygiene management
  • Sanitary product distribution
Reducing economic barriers
  • Addressing cost of school supplies
  • Scholarships/stipends for school fees

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Increased grade attainment
  • Increased school completion (general)
  • Increased test scores
  • Increased years of schooling

Cross-cutting goals

  • Changed social norms
  • More equitable gender attitudes and norms