Organization rescues the most vulnerable and at risk Ugenya girls

Education has proven to be the most important factor in social mobility and the primary determinant of better development and health outcomes for girls. The ultimate measure of success in education is ensuring girls especially in remote rural areas with high poverty index have access to education and once in school that they are learning 21st century competencies and skills. While this is a significant challenge, a local organization; Girls Leading Our World Initiatives (iGLOW) has had tremendous success in reaching, enrolling and retaining the most vulnerable rural girls and transforming their poor performing public schools.

In Kenya despite free primary education, girl child education in Nyanza remains a key challenge for the region; while there has been relative improvements and even though there are pockets of well performing academic schools including exceptional girls schools, on the whole in high poverty areas, many girls with high potential of succeeding in life are being left behind as they succumb to the overwhelming difficulties of grinding poverty, retrogressive cultural beliefs and the adverse impact of high HIV/AIDS prevalence rates, leading to a general disinterest in school and low retention rates in comparison to other areas.