Hello friends! Since you haven’t heard from us in a bit, here’s an update with everything that’s been going on behind the scenes. We might have been quiet, but we’ve been busy:
Firstly, in response to the COVID-19 crisis, we have had to postpone our exchange programme until May 2021 for the safety of our girls and the integrity of the programme. We want to make sure that we work with those same girls so this cohort had been postponed, not cancelled. We will be creating a new programme where we will meet with the ten girls bi-weekly from September onward to run online sessions with them. We will be looking for different guest speakers so any expression of interest in that opportunity is welcome.
As for The Blended Learning Leadership Initiative, stay tuned. We will be announcing two new partnerships to expand this programme in September to Jordan, South Africa and Afghanistan, and continue to work with our partners in Nigeria and Haiti. With adequate funding, the plan is to be able to work with 50 girls at a time in those five different countries. We are super excited for those new partnerships and will be sharing information about that shortly.
Hot off the press! We’ve been working on a book, which we are truly elated to have had in the works over a few weeks now. It’s a Young Adults (YA) book that shares the real-life stories of some of our true global changemakers and it is truly a global effort – right from the girls who are sharing their stories to the volunteers who are assisting with the project and all of your support from all around the world. This is going to be a fundraising opportunity for the organization and to support our girls, so stay tuned for developments. We are hoping to launch that in the next few weeks as all our plans fall into place and want to have this book available to readers via schools, libraries, gift shops and other avenues. Interested in helping us or know someone who can? Tell us!
We are also thrilled to announce that we are going to be partnering with the Didcot Girls’ School in Oxford next year to work with them around some leadership activities and to be their supported charity.
We want to give a shout out to all our amazing volunteers – from those working with us on the book to those supporting our efforts. We have an amazing volunteer who is working with us to translate all of our Blended Learning materials to Farsi, Haitian Creole and Arabic. We have another fantastic volunteer who helped work with us on our taxes and financial tasks. Our director is supported by a volunteer acting as mentor on some of the strategic and organizational planning for Global Girl Project.
Lastly, we have been meeting with our girls from previous years virtually, to keep them connected, motivated and inspired during this time and it is always heartwarming to hear from them and see how they are doing.
As you can tell, none of this is possible without collaboration and we are always happy to hear from you if you’d like to partner with us or support our efforts. Send us a note, come join us.
Much gratitude,
Julia Lynch, Founding Director.
