Children & Girl-child Programmes
Deploying innovative solutions and approaches For children & the Girl-child
OUR FOCUS
Creating HOPE and finding new & innovative ways to accelerate results that reduce inequities for children & the girl-child
Our programs focus on outcomes that empower children, especially the girl-child.
AHDI in collaboration with other partners continue to run programs that bolster the opportunities of children, especially the girl child. Through advocating for policy changes towards education, greater protection of children and the girl-child from violence & discrimination in school and at home. We involve men and boys as key players in acting as allies for the rights of children and the girl-child by enhancing their capacity on the same.
UNESCO estimates that 130 million girls between the age of 6 and 17 are out of school and 15 million girls of primary school age (half of them in sub-Saharan Africa) will never enter a classroom. This narrative can change positively if we commit to innovative and sustainable interventions.
Our Children & Girl Child Empowerment and Development Programmes seeks to address these challenges through deploying various innovative efforts and by working with other partners who are passionate about these issues. Thus giving her an equal chance to compete and lead a fulfilled life.
We actively seek for partnerships to develop innovative, affordable solutions that make various technologies work for children in the most in need communities.
OUR APPROACH
We push the boundary of what's possible to to achieve incredible results.
Children, especially the girl-child are affected by all of the SDGs, whether poverty, hunger, health, education, gender equality, climate change or violence against children. We subscribe to the UN Convention on the Rights of a Child, that:
- Children have the right to live, whatever the social class.
- Children have the right express their thoughts and opinions when adult make decisions that will be affecting them.
- Children also have the right to get and be able to share information from others.
- Children have the right to meet other people and be able to engage to groups and organizations.
- Children have the right to be protected by people from being abused, hurt and injured both mentally and physically.
- Children have the right to good quality health care.
- Children’s education should develop each child’s personality, talents and abilities to the fullest.
- Children have the right to relax and play, and to join in a wide range of cultural, artistic and other recreational activities.
- Children have the right to get information that is important to their health and well-being through mass media (radio, TV, etc).
Working together with girls, AHDI focuses on:
- Empowering the girl child with economic resources and education
- Ensuring that girls benefit from a full cycle of quality education
- Training of adolescents girls and young women on their reproductive healths and rights in order to prevent risk of adolescent pregnancy, reduce their vulnerability to HIV and school dropout.
- Providing conditional cash transfer, stipends or scholarships
- Strengthen legislation and policies to support girl
- Targeting boys and men to be a part of discussions about cultural and societal practices
- Ensuring gender-sensitive curricula and pedagogies
- Building safe and inclusive learning environments for girls
— Context & Strategy
Children, especially the girl-child’s education and promoting gender equality is part of a broader, holistic effort by AHDI. It includes ensuring that girls do not suffer disproportionately in poor and vulnerable households.
— Education
Investing in a child’s education pays in the future for the family, community and country they come from. Education doesn’t have a one-size-fits-all solution. Thus, we constantly research and explore best practices in order to provide solutions that help the child get the best education.
— Health
Knowledge is power, especially when it comes to getting and staying healthy. So our health programs focus on two important things:
- Developing healthy sanitation and hygiene practices and
- Connecting kids with affordable health services when they need help.
— Empowerment
Through empowerment programs that build leadership, teamwork and confidence, we’re not only making a brighter future possible, but we’re also creating a positive ripple effect on kids’ communities.
— Innovation
A new way of thinking must be combined with innovative practices, programs and products if the massive and growing challenges faced by children would be tackled headlong. Thus, we work to explore and utilize cutting-edge modern practices to provide innovative programmes and services for children.