GIRLS HERRISING

Girls LEAD and DRIVE change in their communities

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About Us

Girls HerRising is a grassroots girls’ empowerment initiative dedicated to unblocking and eliminating all barriers preventing young girls and women in African communities from rising above preconceived destinies and circumstances, those of devotion and submission to patriarchal systems and functions, decided for them by society, to not only EXCEL but LEAD and DRIVE change in their communities.

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Our Focus Areas

Promoting Girls’ Education

Through the Evelyn Chuabe Scholarship and Mentorship Initiative, we offer the opportunity for young Cameroonian girls, internally displaced by the Anglophone Crisis, and holders of the General Certificate of Education (GCE) Advanced Levels in any series, to enroll and earn an undergraduate degree in any recognized State University in Cameroon.

Championing Community Advocacy

Using participatory art forms such as Theatre for Development initiatives and, the production of pocket films shot on smartphones, we champion community advocacy to promote the rights of women and girls, and their empowerment in Africa, alongside global issues such as climate change, and poverty.

Ending Period Poverty and Stigma

We use storytelling and awareness-raising to sensitize against period poverty and menstruation stigma while amplifying the voices of women and girls, and even men to advocate for an end to period poverty and stigma. We complement these with community outreach activities with free distribution of period kits and products.

Providing Social Assistance

We believe that lending a hand to just one girl, or one woman in need, at a time, can go a long way to empower her and lift her out of poverty and most probably, transform her into a community leader. Through cash assistance, in-kind benefits, and income generation, we support women and girls in need to improve their living conditions and turn their lives around, for the better.