what we do
Better futures forchildren aroundthe world
Studies have shown that investing in girls is key to breaking the cycle of poverty. When girls are educated, healthy and empowered, they pull themselves, their children and their communities out of poverty.
We take care of girls’ educational and basic needs support by funding their fees, feeding and school needs (text books, note books, pens, pencils, uniforms as well as feeding).
SPONSOR A GIRL
MENTOR A GIRL
SFL supports girls in under-served communities through the application of mentoring. We invite professional ladies for mentoring sessions/career talks to educate the girls and also assign each girl to a steadfast mentor who will write to her, encourage her ambition, empower her confidence, and keep her on track by helping her set goals and work towards actualizing them. When we mentor a girl, she becomes a mentor to another, this will successively raise quality of life.
The Girls Support Centre is a safe haven where girls can read, socialise and play games with their friends. The centre also plays an important role in teaching girls about their rights so that they can protect themselves against harmful practices like child sexual abuse and child marriage.
Rural girls both in and out of school receive academic support through a 4 hours class and are taught concepts in Math, English, Science, Body Safety, ICT, Personal and Career Development, Etiquette as well as Arts and Crafts to bridge the gaps that have arisen from some being out of school. We don’t just want to send them to school, we want to make sure they can keep up with their peers and enable them to attain specific grade competent levels.
GIRLS SUPPORT CENTRE
(GIRLS CLUB)
Be the changefor one child:
We Offer:
Home Work Assistance, Healthy Snacks and Meals, ICT class, Counselling, Mentoring, Scholarships, Body Safety Class, Arts and Crafts, Mental Health & Wellness, Physical Fitness & Sports, College & Career Access Programs, Movies, etc.
We provide girls with free sanitary pads to manage their periods with dignity. We also provide them with healthy meals and snacks, since it is important for them to have enough energy to study as many of them do not always get enough food at home. The centre is a place where they are supported to make the most of their potential.
The centre has a library, ICT room, toilets, kitchenette, play area etc. There is also an onsite counselling services at the centre on open days.
HEALTH & WELLNES
Giving girls the opportunity to become interested and stay interested in their health. We provide them with in-depth information and tools about physical health and emotional well-being by organising variety of programs workshops to make positive lifestyle choices that will impact the rest of their lives.
BODY SAFETY EDUCATION
Body safety education is about providing children with information and tools they need to help keep them safe from CSA (Child sexual abuse). We teach body safety education ( Child Sexual Abuse Prevention) across schools in rural communities for children ages 3-10 in other to reduce the occurrence of sexual abuse in children and improve children’s abilities to recognize inappropriate physical contact and also to empower children to disclose the abuse to non-offending, trusted adults.
CHRISTMAS UNUSUAL
It is our greatest joy to spread the love and give hope to the hopeless every festive season. We aim to bring smiles on the faces of people living in the rural area every festive season through; Organising Christmas party in their respective community halls and presenting each family attending with Christmas hamper.