Girls have the power to change the world, but they need your support
Around the world, girls face unique barriers to survival and development, simply because they are girls. Yet all girls have the right to access equal opportunity.
For only $28 a month, less than $1 a day, you can help girls unleash their inherent power and pursue better futures.
How does my donation help?
Registering girls at birth
Ensuring that their legal right to an education, health care and protection are officially recognized.
Providing better health care
Providing sexual reproductive health care for adolescents and improving maternal health to help manage childhood illness, encourage safe childbirth and provide emergency care.
Creating access to quality education
Building new schools, constructing water and hygiene solutions and providing vocational skills to help girls build brighter futures.
Helping girls participate
Working with communities and governments to change attitudes and laws. Creating youth savings and loan groups to help provide livelihood opportunities, build independence and kick start girls’ futures.
As a monthly Because I am a Girl donor you will receive:
STILL HAVE QUESTIONS? LET US HELP!
What countries are supported by the Because I am a Girl project?
Plan International Canada’s Because I am a Girl project supports communities in dozens of countries around the world; these can include Bangladesh, Niger, Colombia, Tanzania, Mali, Ghana and Zimbabwe.
How does Because I am a Girl differ from sponsoring a child or community?
When you sponsor a child or community, you are supporting community-based projects in specific locations to help the children and families within those areas.
When you support Because I am a Girl, you join a growing movement of fellow Canadians who are also committed to helping champion girls’ rights. Together, you fund equality-driven programs spanning hundreds of communities around the world. You help reach girls worldwide with the support they need, helping save and transform lives, while driving equality forward. You will learn about girls’ rights issues and see the impact your support is making through the eyes of the girls you’re helping reach with empowerment opportunities.
If I become a monthly supporter, how long of a commitment am I expected to make?
The length of your commitment is up to you. Many of our Because I am a Girl project supporters have been involved for several years and find it to be an incredibly rewarding experience. Helping advance girls’ rights and achieving equality for girls will take time. The World Economic Forum estimates we won't achieve gender equality for another 132 years. Consistent long-term support is the key to driving fundamental shifts in mindsets and lasting change.
Why can’t I support a project that helps boys?
The Because I am a Girl project is designed to help advance equal rights starting with girls, as they are one of the groups most at-risk of human rights violations in the countries where we work. However, our projects offer meaningful opportunities for boys, too. Gender norms and negative stereotypes are harmful to boys and men, as well.
Gender equality benefits everyone, and it takes everyone being involved to achieve it, which is why we include boys, men, women and girls of all ages and community positions within our work. If we build a school, boys will also attend. If we educate young people about sexual and reproductive health and rights, boys learn as well. Only by working together can we create a more just and equal world where all children realize and achieve what they are capable of.
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