Children,Daily Life,Empowerment,Main Content,The Girl Power Project,Women 24 April 2012

Books
Before
Boys
Because
Boys
Bring
Babies
This was the catchy message given to 31 girls living in the town of Katikamu this past Saturday as part of the Just Like My Child Foundation’s Girl Power Project.
Girl power helps build self-confidence in girls and teaches them about sex education and life skills like personal empowerment, communication, social …

 Children,Education,Education Programs & Schools,Empowerment,Featured!,Health & Mortality,Human Rights,Human Rights Programs,International Development,Main Content,Microenterprise Programs,Program Updates,Project Justice,Project Universal Education,The Girl Power Project,Women 9 March 2012

Universal Primary Education is key to tackling poverty. Children who receive primary education have higher chances of being empowered to make their own decisions and to provide for their families in the future. Since 2008, Just Like My Child (JLMC) has built partnerships with five communities to build schools where …

 Children,Empowerment,Human Rights,Project Justice,Women 14 November 2011

When we discovered that 16 girls at one of our Just Like My Child schools at St. Kizito in rural Uganda had been sexually molested or assaulted by their own teacher, we knew the odds were beyond dismal for any justice. Ugandan officials have acknowledged that ten percent of all …

 Children,Empowerment,Entrepreneurship,Human Rights,International Development,Program Updates,The Girl Power Project,Volunteer Spotlight,Women 15 September 2011

“I discovered ways of building my self esteem”
“I unlearned the mentality that men are stronger than women!” – Two Graduates of The Girl Power Project
For centuries, Ugandan women and girls have been forced to meekly kneel before men. We are so proud of Nyiraguhabwa Monica, who is teaching our girls …

 Empowerment,Featured!,Human Rights,The Girl Power Project,Women 12 September 2011

Last November, I had the incredible opportunity to travel to India.
We went to many of the holiest cities in the North, including Rishikesh made famous by The Beatles. They wrote many songs during the brief time they were there, including “Why Don’t We Do It In The Road,” – a …