Miale Girls Club
The girls club started on February 2011. The Miale girls club fills a huge gap in the girl child education which they are not able to get at home or at school. The club will help the girls to find solutions to the challenges they face especially living in the slums without positive role models. Most of our girls are orphans and some have single parents and therefore lack direction to follow.
During the meetings that the girls will be having, they will be introduced to various trainings, discussions and practicals. The girls club will also be targeting its objectives set by the program in terms of achieving its mission and vision. Apart from facilitation the girls will be having talks from their role model, from their fellow peers and from different organization; they be having an exchange program.
Other activities will be involved such drama, poem and dancing to help them improve on their self-esteem, assertiveness. The club targets girls from 11 years and above.
Its main objectives are
• To provide a forum for increased knowledge and experience sharing that will build them positively.
• To facilitate the emergence of girl child leaders and promote mentors who are able to give back to the community.
• To reduce the girl child vulnerability
• To create awareness of the challenges that the girl child faces in the slums
• To build the girls confidence and increase their self esteem.
Vision: To empower vulnerable girls and help them become young leaders.
Mission: To change all the girls in the Miale program positively
In March 2011, Laura and Julia donated sanitary towels, pants and bras to the young girls. This brought smiles to their lovely innocent faces. Most of the girls in Kibera face challenges of sanitary towels and pants. They are not able to afford a packet which cost Ksh.75 only and so they improvise by using pieces of cloth which are dirty and unhealthy. Kudos to Julia and Laura
