Depending on which source you use, there are two themes for International Women’s Day, March 8, 2024. We asked African Girls Can alumna and recent Makerere University graduate, Adong Flavia, to remark on both. United Nations – Invest in Women: Accelerate Progress To “invest in women” is to invest in their social capital and […]
On Her Way…
…to self-sufficiency and independence! Acen Vivian Leah joined African Girls Can in 2019 in order to be able to finish her last two years of high school at St. Katherine’s Secondary School in Lira, Uganda. Vivian’s mother, Gloria, raised seven children, including Vivian and her twin sister, Olivia, on her own and without AGC, Vivian’s […]
True Transformation
African Girls Can Co-Founder, Phoebe Mulinde, gives helpful context to the serious unemployment situation in Uganda this way: While secondary education lays a crucial foundation for personal and intellectual development, it often falls short in equipping students with the practical skills needed to thrive in the job market, especially in places like rural Uganda. Our […]
What’s Next
The odds against finding a job as a young person in Uganda are staggering. Uganda has the youngest population of any country in the world, with 77% of its people between the ages of 15 and 24. Uganda’s population is predicted to double between 2020 and 2060. The Uganda Bureau of Statistics found in 2021 […]
Striving for Independence – Collet’s Story
The theme of International Women’s Day in 2023 is #EmbraceEquity. There is a difference between equality and equity. Equity-based solutions take into account where someone is starting from and their unique and diverse lived experiences. Equity addresses imbalanced social systems in a long-term, sustainable way. African Girls Can works with young women individually to help […]
Realizing My Value as a Girl
This is one of African Girls Can’s students’ entries to the Girl Rising Storytelling Challenge for 2020. We are proud of Vivian for taking the plunge and entering this competition. Hers was among 1,500 submissions from 90 countries! Read the stories of the 15 finalists. We think ALL the youth who entered are winners. Girl […]
A Poem for Girls Day
In honor of International Day of the Girl, 2019 graduate Flavia entered the Girl Rising Storytelling Challenge with her poem about African Girls Can. The organization, which promotes the value of all girls everywhere, received an astounding 1,500 entries from 95 countries! We are so proud of Flavia for sharing her voice and representing us […]
What I Learned about Michelle Obama
The hottest book of the 2018 holiday season is without a doubt Michelle Obama’s autobiography, “Becoming.” People are filling auditoriums to hear her in person as she travels around the US on her book tour. Now that she is no longer First Lady, she can speak very frankly about issues that are important to her […]
Too Much Sunshine – Flavia’s Story
My name is Adong Flavia from St. Katherine Secondary School. I am 18 years old. I would like to appreciate all of the supporters and well-wishers of the African Girls Can organization for their support in uplifting and empowering girls in Africa. I joined the AGC organization as a scholar this year, 2018, in Form […]
Serendipity – Ketty’s Story
Serendipity. Noun. The occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way. Phoebe Mulinde’s search for one of the new students to add to African Girls Can this year is a remarkable story. It is suspenseful and truly one of serendipity. We’ll let Phoebe herself explain what happened when she recruited […]
