Blogger and coach, Tara Sophia Mohr, has done a lovely thing and organized over 30 bloggers to post about The Girl Effect on the same day. Many of you probably saw the original Girl Effect video in 2008, which laid out the connection between educating girls in the "developing" world and reducing poverty and HIV/AIDS. It's a powerful message that they've shared again in a new video (posted below).
I was hesitant to promote the Girl Effect, just like I was when I wrote about it in 2008, because it is produced by the Nike Foundation. I'm still not clear on the extent Nike has improved its sweatshop situation. Some reports make it sound like things are better, others say it is the same. I'm guessing it's somewhere in between.
That said, the message of the video - educating girls can change the world - is an important one. If you'd like to be a part of spreading the word, post about The Girl Effect on your blog before Universal Children's Day (Nov. 20), and add a link to your post on Tara's site.
You can also donate to organizations and projects that facilitate girls' going to school like UNICEF, Room to Read, and Three Cups of Tea
author, Greg Mortenson's, Central Asia Institute.What are some of your favorite NGO's and projects helping girls go to, and stay in school?
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Thank you so much for continuing to share the message about the importance of educating females!
ReplyDeleteAs the director of a nonprofit that works with educational access in Liberia we focus our energies and grant the majority of our scholarships to deserve primary school aged females.
We constantly speak to our donors (and anyone who will listen) about the large trickle down effect of educating females and hearing this message continued to be echoed in the nonprofit community is very supportive to our organization and our message.
Thank you again!
Feel free to check our organization out: www.morethanme.org or read about us www.morethanme.org/blog
Britt,
ReplyDeleteSo delighted and honored you are participating in this!
And glad you brought up the Nike Foundation questions too - super important.
Thanks for letting me know about the More Than Me Foundation, Stephanie, and thanks for creating this lovely project, Tara.
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