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Latest revision as of 11:52, 5 August 2023
| Organization | Makindu Children's Program |
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| Region | Kenya |
| Website | Website |
| ProjectLeader | Diana Richardson |
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Makindu seeks to empower poor destitute girls in Kenya to complete full secondary education and obtain skills for an independent, healthy life. Girls in Kenya often drop out after primary school (8 years) when tuition is no longer covered. Girls receive socio-cultural pressure to abandon education in favor of early marriage, family caregiving, and home chores. This project pays tuition for girls to attend and complete secondary school, launching them towards higher studies or vocational careers.
Challenge
The cost of school fees, lack of family support, socio-economic pressure to perform unpaid work at home and unplanned pregnancies create challenging barriers to girls who have finished primary/elementary school in Kenya. If they have not dropped out of school already, more than 70% will not continue their education past their 8th year of enrollment. Without secondary or vocational education, girls are much less likely to gain financial independence or personal empowerment, and suffer in poverty.
Long-Term Impact
It is estimated that the return on one year of secondary education for a girl correlates with as much as a 25% increase in wages. Ensuring all girls receive secondary or vocational schooling in Kenya could reduce child marriages and unwanted pregnancies by more than half. Educated girls help break the cycle of poverty, are more likely to enter the work force, earn higher incomes, delay marriage, plan their families, seek an education for their own children and give back to their communities.
References
- http://makindu.org
- https://www.nation.co.ke/newsplex/Girl-education/2718262-4825514-hpdx6w/index.html
- http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke/bitstream/handle/11295/95266/mwanahamisi%20komora.pdf?sequence=1
Additional Documentation
https://www.globalgiving.org//pfil/38395/projdoc.docx
Project Gallery
Young Juliet with her sister
Juliet with her son
Graduate Juliet celebrates with sister and son
Ayana & Makindu friends at hair dressing school
