It has been noted that support for girl’s
education has helped alot to alleviate poverty in Malawi. After Malawi adopted the
celebrated Millenium Development Goals Strategies, the Malawi government and
different stakeholders have implemented projects that have empowered girls and
women economically and socially as well. For instance, Teen Mothers are
encouraged to go back to school.
Among the
stakeholders is Youth Net & Counselling (YONECO), a local NGO that has and
is still implementing projects that are aimed at empowering girls and women in
all spheres of life. Among such initiatives include the provision of adult literacy
education to domestic workers, school drop outs and teen mothers.Because of this initiative, a number of women
and girls are now able to read and write and some have managed to venture into small
and media scale businesses. As we are coming closer to the deadline of the Millennium
Development Goals in 2015 many goals are far from being achieved but we must
remember that education transforms lives. We, therefore, need to advocate for girls
education for the development of our countries.
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