Girl’s empowerment program

The project aims to support weak, poor out-of-school and in school marginalized girls, to access quality education and vocational skills relevant for improving the quality of their lives. More specifically: Sixty poor and weak out-of-school girls will be enrolled at the Gentiana Primary School to acquire basic primary school education; Ten bright urban marginalised girls will be sponsored through secondary school; Fifteen marginalised girls with below average grades from primary school and young single mothers who are uneducated or school dropouts; 8 bright marginalised girls university sponsorship (school fees, accommodation, transport, stationery and other expenses).

The Gentiana Development Networks is a Swiss registered NGO, founded in 2005. It is responsible for the Gentiana primary school and technical college at the Kabira slum to improve the life chances of urban marginalized youths.