About AdvocatesForGirls

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AdvocatesForGirls locates projects around the world that benefit girls in unique and holistic ways. We focus on girls because when you educate girls the benefits spread to her family, community and nation in deep and tangible ways. Many of these were detailed in "Girl Rising" which aired on CNN, June 16, 2013. 

ThaiSchool.org, Hope for At-Risk Girls supports 
Dhammajarinee Witthaya School (DWS), Thailand's first and only free Buddhist boarding school for girls. Education, room and board are all provided freely to girls who otherwise might be at risk of exploitation and human trafficking. Through this website, and our partnership with a fiduciary sponsor who provides tax exempt donation status, we are helping DWS raise the funds needed for a new classroom building. This new building, will allow DWS to double the number of girls they help.
When you educate a girl*
  • You reduce the incidence of child marriages. According to a UN report, girls who receive education past grade 7 marry 4 years later on average than girls who don't.
  • You improve the health of future generations. According to UNESCO, a child born to a literate mother is 50% more likely to survive past age 5.
  • You reduce individual poverty. According to the World Bank, a girl who receives one extra year of education can earn 20% more as an adult.
  • You improve the country's economy. According to a World Bank Study, every 1% increase in women with secondary education increases the per capita income annual growth rate by 0.3 percent.

We know this is true, and yet, around the world, 65 million girls are out of school. Click here to learn more about DWS and how we help girls in Thailand.
*For more details see:  http://www.girlrising.com/what-is-girl-rising/why-girls-education/?
http://www.clintonglobalinitiative.org/ourmeetings/PDF/actionareas/Why_Invest_in_Adolescent_Girls.pdf
http://www-wds.worldbank.org/servlet/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2011/08/08/000158349_20110808092702/Rendered/PDF/WPS5753.pdf
Not affiliated with "Girl Rising" or The Clinton Foundation or The World Bank.
Both AdvocatesForGirls and ThaiSchool.org are departments of Partners for World Peace, an Iowa nonprofit corporation.

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