This event helps to raise awareness and funds for FAWE in Sierra Leone and also for the education of girls around the world who would never have had access to education.  We have been working very closely with the Forum of African Women in Education for the last five years and hope to continue to work with them as we expand our horizon and create opportunities to help girls worldwide.

 

 

This event will help raise awareness and funds for FAWE, specifically FAWE Sierra Leone and our local projects.
FAWE is a pan-African Non-Governmental Organization working in 32 African countries to empower girls and women through gender-responsive education.

We believe that through education of women and girls, livelihoods are improved for entire communities and civic education and liberties are enhanced. Educated girls become educated women who have the knowledge, skills, and opportunity to play a role in governance and democratic processes and to influence the direction of their societies.

We work hand-in-hand with communities, schools, civil society, Non-Governmental Organizations, and ministries to achieve gender equity and equality in education through targeted programmes.

We encourage our partners to enact policies and provide positive learning environments that treat girls and boys equally.
Our work influences government policy builds public awareness, demonstrates the best educational practice through effective models, and encourages the adoption of these models by governments and institutions of education.

This has led to increased rates of girls’ enrolment, retention, and completion of school in countries in which our National Chapters operate.

Through our work, girls and women across sub-Saharan Africa have the chance to attend school and overcome material deprivation and social and political exclusion.

 

Here in Connecticut, we support: You're Our Unity

 

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