Educating girls means more than school attendance.

It encompasses changing a girls’ own perception of what she is capable of doing and accomplishing;

• Confidence that she is prepared to meet the challenges
• Secure in her right to make new decisions
• Faith in the decisions she makes
• Support to help her achieve her goals
• Resolve to take action 

This is Sylvia and her mother

Before Sylvia joined Just One Person, she lived with her widowed mom and 4 brothers and sisters in a small mud house. To support her family, Sylvia's mom made and sold "changa", an illegal beer.

With customers coming and going at all hours of the day and night, Sylvia had difficulty completing her homework and her school performance suffered.

With JOP's support, Syvlia is now attending Bishop Sulemeti Girls' School and is one of the top 10 students. She graduates in December 2010 and plans to attend the university to become a doctor.

The Ripple Created by Educating Girls

A few months ago, Syvia's mom attended a JOP small business training workshop where she learned about keeping livestock. Since then, she's stopped brewing changa and began raising pigs and rabbits instead. Her business is doing well and she recently got a phone so she communicate with the teachers at Sylvia's school and staff members of Just One Person.

Educating girls is the MOST powerful tool
for combatting poverty

It enhances the status of women in the local community

It contributes to the village's economy

It helps stop the spread of HIV

It improves the health of her family

It supports political stability

It is a basic human right