Follow our progress as we work with Room to Read to build schools in developing countries and raise awareness of the need for better educational opportunities for children worldwide.
Thursday, November 6, 2014
Half the Sky Author Discusses His New Book
New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof recently spoke on the topic of "New Aid in a New Age: Understanding International Development" at a sold out event sponsored by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Mr. Kristof was in town to discuss his new book, A Path Appears: Transforming Lives, Creating Opportunity which he co-authored with his wife, Sheryl WuDunn. Much of the evening's discussion focused on the education of girls. In describing smart girls as "agents of change", Mr. Kristoff noted that terrorist groups such as The Taliban, ISIS and Boko Haram had good reason to suppress the education of girls. Studies show that the education of girls leads to economic growth, greater participation of women in public life, lower birthrates and greater influence by mothers over their sons. All of these factors decrease the risk of extremism taking hold in a community. While acknowledging the need for military action in battling these terrorist groups, Mr. Kristoff also encouraged leaders to use education and women's empowerment as tools to fight extremism. Describing education as "an escalator out of poverty", he urged attendees to get to work on creating opportunity for all. We at GSG couldn't agree more.
Friday, October 10, 2014
Congratulations Malala!
We're back with some great news! Malala Yousafzai was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize! At 17, the champion of education for girls worldwide is the youngest recipient in the award's history.
Even better, the award comes just in time for International Day of the Girl on October 11th.
We've got a great way for you to celebrate: Help us make the final push to raise money to build our first school. The Kampong Secondary School on Siem Reap province is set to break ground, and we've got just over $3,000 to go. The school will hold 155 students who are eager to learn.
We can't wait to get started, and we hope you'll join us!
Monday, May 5, 2014
Build Bash highlights: Q Brothers' "Girls Supporting Girls" rap!
The first of many fun moments from yesterday's awesome Build Bash! Thanks to all of our supporters for making the afternoon such a big success!
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Saturday, April 12, 2014
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
A real life example of a girl supporting girls
One of the goals of Girls Supporting Girls is to engage young people in our community to advocate on behalf of and raise funds to support their peers in the developing world. Our guest blogger, Amy R., is fulfilling that mission. Here's what she had to say......
On my thirteenth birthday, I had a surprise party. Earlier, my mom asked what my ideal gift would be. Ever since watching Girl Rising and learning about Girls Supporting Girls, I wanted to support the cause. So I told my mom that all I really wanted for my birthday was to help GSG. I knew, though, that I had to elaborate on that by finding an actual way to help the organization.
At my party, my mom told me she had put in the invitation that instead of bringing presents, people should bring $5 to $10 donations for Girls Supporting Girls. After my party, I opened the envelopes to find $20 and $60 donations, all with notes of encouragement supporting the cause! When I finished counting up the money, I realized we had raised $350. I thought this was a great way to get people in the spirit of Girls Supporting Girls! What an easy but effective way to help the organization. By asking for donations instead of gifts, I was able to help build schools.
We couldn't agree more Amy.
On my thirteenth birthday, I had a surprise party. Earlier, my mom asked what my ideal gift would be. Ever since watching Girl Rising and learning about Girls Supporting Girls, I wanted to support the cause. So I told my mom that all I really wanted for my birthday was to help GSG. I knew, though, that I had to elaborate on that by finding an actual way to help the organization.
At my party, my mom told me she had put in the invitation that instead of bringing presents, people should bring $5 to $10 donations for Girls Supporting Girls. After my party, I opened the envelopes to find $20 and $60 donations, all with notes of encouragement supporting the cause! When I finished counting up the money, I realized we had raised $350. I thought this was a great way to get people in the spirit of Girls Supporting Girls! What an easy but effective way to help the organization. By asking for donations instead of gifts, I was able to help build schools.
We couldn't agree more Amy.
Saturday, March 15, 2014
All In: Rachel's McClain's Charity Poker Night
"At our house, we love games. That's why we decided to host a no-limit
hold'em poker tournament to benefit Girls Supporting Girls. We invited
eight of our poker-playing friends and kept it casual, serving pizza,
salad and lots of poker snacks!
The agreement was that half of every player's ante would go to our cause. My husband, Anthony Qaiyum ran the tournament. At the last minute, our guests agreed that for the
first hour, anyone who went out of the game could buy back in,
enabling us to exceed the $500 goal we had set for a GSG donation.
The game went on past midnight, and we had some very exciting moments. The
1st and 2nd place winners, Robert Taylor and David Brown surprised
everyone by deciding to donate their prizes back to Girls Supporting
Girls. How generous! At the end of the evening, we raised more than $1,300.
What a night!"
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