The opening of the KGIS community account in a microfinance bank has been actualized. Ever since well-meaning residents outside and within the community are encouraged to donate and ensure that orphans and less privileged girls are enrolled in school and finish at least secondary school education without fear of financial restraint. To set an example […]
His Royal Highness, Alh Abubakar Umar Suleiman OFR, the Emir of Bade on behalf of the KGIS network in his emirate hosted a town hall meeting on girls’ education. The meeting which had in attendance key stakeholders had a paper on the “Importance of Girl-Child Education from an Islamic Perspective and their Contribution in the […]
In July 2021, the Keeping girls in school network led by the Emir of Argungu organized a town hall meeting in the Argungu community, Kebbi state, Nigeria. To have a data-informed conversation and subsequent solutions. Hence, an academic paper on the situation of girls’ education in Kebbi state was presented by Mallam Abdulsalami (KGIS Youth […]
Ambo town comprising of Guder and Meti communities in Ethiopia are among the project areas of keeping girls in school in Africa. In a quest to identify and address challenges relating to girls education, town hall meetings was organized by the KGIS network in separate events in the month of July 2021, where both communities […]
Community town hall meeting is one of the most effective platforms for fair and equal ground for addressing challenges at the grassroots. Where community members, stakeholders, the media and government representatives meet to identify common challenges and find lasting solutions. Keeping girls in school network across communities in Ethiopia and Nigeria for the first time […]
The 130 media reports: Below is a link to 89 media reports covering print, online, radio, TV, among others with their corresponding links and names of media organization/houses/platforms; 15 radio and TV programmes are repeated three (3) times at different times and day to reach more audience, thus sum up to 45 reports. Vanguard News […]
Statement of Support for Keeping Girls in School Initiative By Ato Tarmirat Daba Head, Westem Shewa Zone of Oromia Region Education Bureau At the Community Town Hall Meeting Held @ AMBO, August 2021 On the theme “Ensuring our girls complete at least Secondary Education and Finding Community Solutions for problems related to girls education” Ethiopian […]
International Day of the Girl Child, 2021 celebrated in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. The occasion had young female resources persons speak on “digital literacy” was attended by students from different girls schools. The event was attended by the First Lady, wife of the Borno State Governor, Dr Falmata Babagana Umar Zulum, who spoke and […]