YES, I BELIEVE ALL GIRLS DESERVE AN EDUCATION

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£20 could provide learning kits for five girls attending catch-up classes at school. 

£35 could provide a girl with a menstrual health kit to allow her to continue going to school.

£50 could help fund scholarships for girls, so they can stay in school and safe from child marriage.

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A school girl writing in her school book
A school girl writing in her school book
A young woman carrying a bag of supplies provided by Plan International

Your gift of £4 per month could provide learner kits, workbooks and stationery for girls starting school. 

Your gift of £8 per month could help boost children’s access to safe classrooms full of learning materials. 

Your gift of £16 per month could provide girls with menstrual health kits to manage their periods with dignity and stay in school.

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All girls deserve the chance to learn. But 40% of girls don't finish secondary school.

Poverty. Periods. Safety. Access. Discrimination. These are just some of the obstacles that force girls out of the classroom. But you can help girls take a seat in the classroom – and stay there.

With your donations, we can ensure schools are girl friendly. From safe, clean toilets to female teachers that inspire the next generation of girls. And we can help make it more affordable for families to send girls to class. With the promise of a hot school meal and the learning materials girls need.

Against all odds, girl are determined to learn. And together, we can clear the way.

why we need change

1290M

girls are out of school worldwide.

400%

of girls don't finish secondary school.

2.50

times more likely for girls living in conflict settings to be out of school.

"I like coming to school more now because I can get food there"

In Mali, the number of girls dropping out of school is rising at an alarming rate. A complex humanitarian crisis is largely to blame, driven by conflict, poverty and the climate crisis.

But simple interventions like school meals are making a difference to girls like Aminata:

"I find the canteen very good. The food is really delicious. Since the canteen started, my parents have had peace of mind.

I like to study a lot. The school helped me know how to express myself and to write. Thanks to the school, I will be independent one day."

Read more of Aminata's story and learn how other girls in Mali have stayed in school, against all odds. 

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Young girl sitting with mother and sibling, reading from book.
Girls eat at school
Aminata writing at school desk looking towards the front of the classroom with other students in the background.
Aminata (centre front), 12, at her school in Mali.

your support in action

Moussou, 10, sits outside her school in Mali
Moussou, 10, used to study on an empty stomach.

"Now I understand very well"

A school canteen serving nutritious meals in Mali means Moussou, 10, can fuel her studies. Your donations help provide similar simple solutions in schools worldwide.  

 

Diatou, 12, sitting at her desk in her school classroom in Mali
Diatou, 12, now gets to go to school like her brothers

"I want to become a doctor"

A learning kit of essentials has helped Diatou, 12, soar to the top of her class in Mali. Your donations can provide more opportunities for girls to learn.

 

Mariam, 18, writing on a blackboard in her school classroom in Mali
Mariam*, 18, is now back at school and studying for her exams. 

"I wish to pass my exams"

Support to return to the classroom means 18-year-old Mariam* can now finish school. Your donations give girls forced into child marriage  – like Mariam* – a second chance.  

*Name has been changed to protect identity. 

 

What keeps girls from the classroom?

The odds are still stacked against girls when it comes to education. Especially as they move through adolescence. 

These absent notes to teachers capture the stories of girls forced from the classroom. The notes are imagined but the stories behind them are very real.  

Read about the girls who inspired the notes and learn more about the barriers facing girls worldwide.  

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A pile of handwritten notes from pupils to their principal about not being able to attend school

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