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PROJECT
Support a Girl's Scholarship to School
Room to Read’s Room to Grow Girls' Scholarship Program has an immediate and direct impact on the lives of thousands of girls in the developing world. An education provides security and support to girls who often grow up in very uncertain environments and empowers them to make informed life decisions. A solid education beginning in the early years is the key ingredient for improved status for women, which provides a ripple of positive effects throughout society.
Through this project, you can fund girls' scholarships in Cambodia, India, Laos, Nepal, Sri Lanka or Vietnam. These long-term, holistic scholarships make it possible for a girl, who would otherwise not have access to an education, to attend school through the secondary level.
You can fund a one year girl's scholarship for $250 or a ten year girl's scholarship for $2,500.
Number of Donations: 18
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Posted 12 months ago
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18 donations so far!
Target: $50,000.00
Raised so far: $1,380.00
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The Charity
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Room to Read
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World Change Starts with Educated Children
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Charity Info
Based in: San Francisco, California
Year founded: 2000
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Project Info
Our Room to Grow Girls' Scholarship Program has an immediate and direct impact on the lives of thousands of girls in the developing world. An education provides security and support to girls who often grow up in very uncertain environments and empowers them to make informed life decisions. A solid education beginning in the early years is the key ingredient for improved status for women, which provides a ripple of positive effects throughout society:
* For every year a girl remains in secondary school, her wages increase 10-20%
* An educated woman has fewer children, so population growth is slowed in
source-scarce countries
* Infant mortality decreases by 8% for each year a woman stays in school
* Family health and nutrition rise in the home of an educated woman
* An educated woman is more likely to educate the next generation
Room to Read makes a long-term commitment to each girl on scholarship: as long as she attends classes and receives passing grades, we will continue to fund her education through the completion of secondary school. This promise provides an incentive for her to do well in school and for the family to support her through the process. Currently, the majority of our scholarship students range in age from five to ten years.
Depending on the country and specific region the girls are in, the scholarship covers all the needs of a young girl, including: monthly school fees; school uniforms; books; stationary and backpacks; female Room to Read staff member to oversee the program and mentor the girls;
additional tutoring as needed; transportation (such as a bicycle or bus fare) for girls living far from school; lunch money if the girls live too far from school to eat at home; medical check-ups and expenses; field trips and workshops.
Our program officers work closely with the Room to Grow scholarship recipients and give them the support they need to be successful in the face of adversity. The program officers work actively to help remove the roadblocks that the girls may encounter, meeting regularly with the girls, their families, and the school administrators.
Prior to the start of each school year, the local Room to Read team oversees a selection process by which we choose our scholarship students. In conjunction with our partner NGOs (non-governmental organizations), we select regions in which we want to operate, generally areas where we have built schools or established libraries and thus know the local authorities. We enlist these contacts to recommend girls who would be good candidates based on need and the families' commitment to education. Each applicant and her family complete a simple written application. Our local staff and volunteers conduct a personal interview with each potential candidate and her family. Then the final selections are made.
During the school year, we monitor the attendance and performance of our scholarship students, through biannual visits with teachers. In addition, at the end of each school year, we evaluate each student's performance, both through report cards and discussion with her teachers, before renewing our commitment to next year's education. In order to track their progress as well as the overall development of the program, records are kept on all students.
Additionally, the girls themselves contribute to the challenge grant model. Nguyen Huu Vinh Hanh from our Room to Grow Girls' Scholarship Program in Vietnam sums it up best: "When visiting these girls' homes, I feel that I am very lucky. I have a decent house to live, nutritious meals to eat, enjoyable school days without any concern for tuition fee and an available motorbike to travel to school without any concern for tired legs. Many girls in the scholarship program are living in remote areas without electricity. They have to struggle everyday; passing the river, mud, and paddy fields to get to school. At night they have to study in the dark. However, it seems nothing can stand in their way in pursuit of education. They are so BRAVE. My effort to improve this program is so humble in comparison with their effort to overcome the barriers of their schooling."
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