Girls Will Transform the World ~The Girl Effect

The Girl Effect is an organization dedicated to keeping adolescent girls in school in order to end the vicious cycle of poverty and teenage pregnancy.

This must see video explains it all…

Girls are unique change agents. Igniting her potential and transforming her world starts a ripple effect of change – for herself, her family, and her community. When a girl in the developing world receives seven years of education, she marries four years later, and has 2.2 fewer children. An extra year of secondary school increases her eventual wages 25 percent. Multiply that by the 250 million adolescent girls around the world living in poverty and you get the most powerful force for positive change on the planet. -CNN

This week (October 4-11) there is a huge public awareness campaign for The Girl Effect and you can be a part of helping change the course of the future. Choose one or as many ways as you feel called to take action:

  1. Check out their website to learn more and donate to the cause
  2. Spread the word – share this blog with others, write your own, post on facebook, twitter, just put it out there, and
  3. Start the conversation – the more people talking about it, the more impact we can have to change the world for the better. Two heads are better than one and millions of  passionate people willing to do something about it, well…
  4. Join forces – join The Girl Effect on facebook, and/or join the blogging campaign to add your own thoughts and revelations to share with the world
  5. Feel grateful for all the support you have been shown throughout your life and pay it forward

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