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Oakland Non-Profit Earns Young Women Transform Prize
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 19, 2018 USAID’s Youth Power Learning launched a prize competition on March 7, 2018, for innovations that help to remove barriers to young women’s economic empowerment. Youth-led and youth-serving organizations in low-and middle-income...
read moreAsante Africa Foundation Joins Giving Tuesday To Raise Money for Girls Education
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 21, 2017 Contact: Meghan Tisinger Meghan@KeshoConsulting.com Oakland, CA — — Asante Africa Foundation’s a non-profit dedicated to educating the children of East Africa, will take part in #GivingTuesday, a global day dedicated to...
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Education Non-Profit Urges Presidents of Kenya and Tanzania To Join Fight To End Child Marriages
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 26, 2017 Education Non-Profit Urges Presidents of Kenya and Tanzania To Join Fight To End Child Marriages Oakland, CA — — Asante Africa Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to educating the children of East Africa, released on open letter...
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Asante Africa Foundation becomes a Partner with Girls Not Brides Group
By becoming a partner with Girls not Brides, Asante Africa has joined more than 1000 civil society organisations from over 95 countries working to end child marriage and enable girls to fulfill their potential. Asante Africa’s Girls’ Advancement Program continues to...
read moreHow This Kenyan Girl Refused to Let Period Stigma Hold Her Back
It is estimated that one in 10 girls in sub-Saharan Africa misses school because of her period. Cultural taboo surrounding menstruation and inadequate menstrual hygiene management facilities often force girls to put their education on pause during their periods....
read moreTeach ‘fathers of tomorrow’ to keep girls in school today, study shows
NAIROBI, June 19 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) — Girls’ school attendance in East Africa almost doubles when students of both sexes are taught about sex, relationships and money, a charity said on Monday, highlighting how the attitudes of boys influence the educational...
read moreAsante Africa in the News
In Africa, 28 million girls are not in school. It is a heartbreaking statistic that in Eastern Africa, girls are more likely to become child brides than complete eighth grade.Last week the Trump Administration announced that it would be ending the Let Girls Learn...
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