By Mehwish Ayyub | Supervisor
There is no tool for development more effective than the empowerment of women”
Girls are powerful, fierce and determined change-makers — but they aren’t always valued for those bold qualities.
Society often discourages girls from claiming education, opportunity and power — all markers of success. But in a world that constantly discourages women from taking leadership, some girls are fighting back, stepping up as advocates in their local communities.
Educate a Girl (EAG), Nigeria, #EAGNigeria is about giving girls in need the ability to transform their lives, enter the workforce & have a voice. We still remember that when our team was planning for the session, we just had one thing in mind that we want to bring positive change in everyone’s life. We want to transform the lives of these girls we are going to educate.
Today, these girls are incredible young women transforming their local communities by empowering their peers.
In the future, we believe they will be the world's #WonderWomen, lifting up girls across the globe by combatting inequality in their hometowns and beyond.
Today, we are sharing with you the story of Esther, an #EAGNigeria scholarship winner whose life was completely transformed after our training and who is now a power woman helping others in achieving their dreams.
Esther is a founder and President of Impact her Initiative, which helps young women and girls by training them more in a field they are interested in by providing them with vocational training and course.
While talking about her initiative, she explained, “Women face many obstacles during their entrepreneurial journey. We strongly believe, however, in their enormous potential for wealth creation, for themselves and their communities. Our mission is to guide and support them while they work to achieve their goals as entrepreneurs”.
She further said, Every woman is unique. This is why there is not only ONE way of becoming an entrepreneur. To fit every woman’s entrepreneurial needs and help her thrive, our methodology is broad, diverse and inspiring.
According to Esther, #EAGNigeria training encouraged her to give back to her community because it made her realize about her blessings and according to her there is no other way to make your community better more effective than the empowerment of women.
There are many more Educate a Girl scholars in Nigeria, like Esther, who got encouraged to give out to their community after the #EAGNigeria training and it’s all because of the wonderful donors, who made this happen. So on behalf of Jennifer and all other girls, we would like to thank you!
Together, we are transforming lives!
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