Organization: ADVANCING GIRLS' EDUCATION
Mission: TO PROVIDE LIFE-CHANGING OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG WOMEN IN MALAWI THROUGH TARGETED INITIATIVES IN EDUCATION, MENTORING AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT.
Activities: PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT, PARTNERSHIPS, AND MONITORING AND EVALUATION - AGE AFRICA IS FURTHER DEVELOPING ITS PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND EVALUATION SYSTEMS. IN 2017, AGE AFRICA CREATED A MENTORSHIP PROGRAM THAT ENGAGES ALUMNAE MENTORS ON A TWO-YEAR FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM TO SUPPORT CHATS CLUBS TO FIVE SCHOOLS AND CONTINUED TRAINING GRILS IN SOLAR INSTALLATION. AGE AFRICA CONTINUED ITS MEMBERSHIP IN THE NATIONAL GIRLS EDUCATION NETWORK AND REMAINS CHAIR FOR THE SOUTHERN REGION CHAPTER OF THE COUNCIL FOR NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS. AGE AFRICA CONTINUES TO DEVELOP DEEP COMMUNITY-BY-COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS TO IMPROVE GRASSROOTS SUPPORT OF GIRLS' EDUCATION AND CONTINUES TO REFINE EVALUATION DATA COLLECTION TECHNIQUES AND METRICS.
SCHOLARSHIPS AND MENTORING - ANNUALLY AGE AFRICA SUPPORTS COMPREHENSIVE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR GIRLS TO ATTEND PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN MALAWI. IN 2019, AGE AFRICA'S SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS SUPPORTED 60 COMPREHENSIVE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR NEEDY GIRLS AT APPROXIMATELY 24 PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS ACROSS FIVE DISTRICTS IN MALAWI'S SOUTHERN REGION. ADDITIONALLY, AGE AFRICA'S SCHOLARS RECEIVE ACCESS TO AGE AFRICA'S EXTRACURRICULAR PROGRAM, CHATS, THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR, AND ATTEND AN ANNUAL WEEK-LONG GIRL EMPOWERMENT RETREAT WHERE THEY ENGAGE IN INTENSIVE LEADERSHIP WORKSHOPS AND CULTIVATE IMPORTANT PEER COMMUNITIES OF SUPPORT. WHEREAS LESS THAN 6% OF MALAWIAN WOMEN HOLD A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA, NEARLY 90% OF AGE AFRICA SCHOLARS COMPLETE FOUR YEARS OF HIGH SCHOOL, AND 50% GO ON TO PURSUE TERTIARY EDUCATION.
CHATS (CREATING HEALTHY APPROACHES TO SUCCESS) GIRLS CLUB - AGE AFRICA'S FLAGSHIP EXTRACURRICULAR PROGRAM PROVIDES SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH EDUCATION, GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AWARENESS AND PREVENTION, GENDER RIGHTS EDUCATION, CAREER GUIDANCE AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT TRAINING TO HELP IMPROVE HEALTH AND ACADEMIC OUTCOMES FOR GIRLS. CHATS IS DELIVERED AS WEEKLY AFTER SCHOOL GIRLS' CLUBS AT EACH PARTICIPATING SCHOOL PARTNER. AGE AFRICA WORKS CLOSELY WITH THE MALAWI MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY TO DELIVER CHATS GIRL'S CLUBS AT 24 RURAL GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS IN ZOMBA, MACHINGA, BALAKA, MANGOCHI, AND MULANJE DISTRICTS SERVING APPROXIMATELY 2,100 GIRLS IN 2018. ADDITIONALLY, NEARLY HALF OF THE GIRLS RECEIVED FACILITATION TRAINING, AIMED AT MAKING CHATS MORE IN-DEPTH, INTERACTIVE, AND ACTION-ORIENTED.
NTEE category: International, Foreign Affairs & National Security
Secondary category: Education