Girls' Clubs (Batonga Foundation)

  • P Project/Program

? Activity Status: Unknown

Key Information

Batonga’s SONAFA clubs provide young women and girls with access to a weekly girl-only safe space in their own community, where they gain the support of a local, female mentor; physical and emotional security; technical and life skills; as well as a sense of importance and belonging to their community. The new skills acquired through our clubs enable girls to lead healthy, financially independent and empowered lives.

Lead Implementing Organization(s)
Location(s)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Activity URL

https://batongafoundation.org/what-we-do/batonga-in-action/

Government Affiliation
Non-governmental program
Years

Not applicable or unknown

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
Other skills
  • Financial literacy
  • Life skills/sexuality education
  • Rights/empowerment education
Cross-cutting areas
  • Empowerment
  • Gender equality
  • Social and gender norms and beliefs
Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Girls (both in school and out of school), Youth

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

Not applicable or unknown

School Level

Not applicable or unknown

Other populations reached

Not applicable or unknown

Participants include

Not applicable or unknown

Program Approaches Back to Top
Life skills education
  • Gender, rights and power
Mentoring/psychosocial support
  • Adult (non-teacher) mentors
Reducing economic barriers
  • Financial literacy training
Social/gender norms change
  • Group activities with students or school-age children/adolescents
Women's empowerment programs
  • Empowerment training
  • Self-help groups (non-financial)
Program Goals Back to Top
Education goals
  • Improved critical thinking
  • Increased school completion (general)
Cross-cutting goals
  • Changed social norms
  • Increased agency and empowerment
  • Increased employment/job-related skills
  • Increased knowledge of rights
  • More equitable gender attitudes and norms