Why Educating Girls Matters!

BECAUSE...
An educated girl, with an income, in a developing country reinvests 90% of her earnings in her family; a boy... 35%.

In developing countries, an extra year of primary school will boost a girl's income 10%; an extra year of secondary... 25%.
An educated girl will marry later and have fewer children. Her country's HIV/Aids rate will decline, malnutrition will decline, her country's economy will improve.
In spite of the importance of educating girls around the world, 99.4% of international aid money is NOT directed to girls.
In fact, for every aid dollar spent, only 2 cents goes toward helping girls.

BUT if you INVEST IN A GIRL, SHE WILL DO THE REST.

Pregnancy is the leading cause of death world-wide for girls age 15-19.

SO WHAT CAN YOU DO?...

Contact me to invest in a girl from the Tasaru Girls Rescue Centre in Narok, Kenya for her post-secondary education & economic livelihood. mewalker99@yahoo.com.

And please, keep reading...

FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION/FORCED MARRIAGE and THE MAASAI:
The United Nations estimates that 90% of Maasai girls in Kenya are at risk of female genital mutilation (FGM) and forced childhood marriage. Among the Maasais, FGM is the complete removal of the clitoris and labia under unsterile conditions with a razor blade, no anesthesia, no protection from infections (tetanus, HIV/AIDs), and high risk of immediate death due to blood loss and shock. If a Maasai girl survives the initial cut, ...

Girls that have undergone female genital mutilation are prone to chronic urinary tract infections throughout their lifetime often leading to kidney failure.

Because of scarring and keloids, childbirth can be life threatening to a woman that has undergone female genital mutilation.

The marriageable age for Maasai girls has fallen to 8 to 9 years old because of the economic challenges facing her family.

A Maasai girl, "circumcised" as a young girl, and then rescued by The Tasaru Girls Rescue Centre is one of 140,000,000 (yes, 140 million!) girls/women living around the world who have been subjected to FGM.

Three million girls around the world are at risk of female genital mutilation EVERY YEAR.

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