THE GIRLS FOUNDATION OF TANZANIA
THE GIRLS FOUNDATION OF TANZANIA (TGFT) IS DEDICATED TO EDUCATING GIRLS AND GIVING THEM AGENCY TO LIVE FULLY PRODUCTIVE LIVES
Due to widespread poverty and discrimination, even the brightest Tanzanian girls often are denied an education. Some 95% of them do not graduate from high school. In many families a son’s education is prioritized and girls are forced to stay at home and help with domestic chores until they marry.
Promising girls are selected for TGFT sponsorship in a Tanzanian boarding high school and university, including all school fees, textbooks and supplies, medical care and comprehensive support. Bolstered by their education, these remarkable girls and young women are learning to make informed and healthy decisions to transform their lives and their communities.
WITH YOUR HELP
HAPPINESS IS BECOMING AN ENGINEER
Happiness, age 18, will complete high school and attend university to achieve her dream of becoming a petroleum engineer. She recently completed a Gap Year (a six month period between 11th and 12th grade) at TGFT’s Girls’ Center. Happiness is engaging and energetic and overwhelmingly curious. She can’t help but ask questions all the time. She has a sweet disposition, which complements her intellectual excitement. Happiness is ranked in the top 7% of her class!
SEND A GIRL TO SCHOOL
SEND A YOUNG WOMAN TO UNIVERSITY
100%
OF YOUR MONEY EDUCATES CHILDREN, ESPECIALLY GIRLS
Our operating costs are covered and we take no salaries, so all your money goes to the programs.