While all of us have been impacted by COVID-19 this year, the pandemic has been disastrous to the lives of girls and their families in Mauritania. Mauritania closed schools early at the end of March 2020 due to… Read More

We’re excited to share with you the impact you had and what we were able to accomplish together over the past year in Mauritania, West Africa! Since last September, Girls to School has: Educated 106 girls across nine… Read More

The Guardian’s Global Development blog posted an excellent article today titled, Education is a Powerful Weapon, So Let’s Arm Young Girls With It. They explain, “Reducing child marriage, providing access to health services, and getting more girls to stay… Read More

Girls in school! These are the girls who have been sponsored through Girls to School, thanks to our amazing donors.

Almost half the children in the world are living in poverty. According to UNICEF, over 93 million children are out of school – the majority: girls. Girls to School is addressing this injustice in West Africa through established… Read More

The anticipation is growing for so many girls in Mauritania as they await the school year to begin this October. Many of them have been sponsored in the past and are excited to know that their sponsor will… Read More

Another great video about the importance of supporting girls’ education from Girl Effect:

“When you put all of the girls in the world in school and you give all the young women access to the labor market, it’s the number one thing you can do, that is supported morally across all… Read More

Coumba Dieng, director of Girls to School partner organization Amenons Nos Filles a l’Ecole has been invited to attend the Clinton Global Initiative.  The Clinton Global Initiative has kindly offered to pay her travel expenses and to wave… Read More

An entire issue of the NY Times magazine was dedication to women’s rights. You can read the main article here. “In many poor countries, the greatest unexploited resource isn’t oil fields or veins of gold; it is the… Read More