SoGreen will launch its first project in Zambia in 2023. Our partners on the ground are local grassroots organisations, Zambia Red Cross and FAWEZA, both of which have a long history of supporting and empowering vulnerable communities in Zambia.
Despite making progress towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Zambia still faces challenges in terms of SDGs 4 Quality Education and SDG 5 Gender Equality, with only 27% of girls graduating from secondary school (UNICEF, 2019) and 29% of girls already married by the age of 18 (UNICEF 2020). There is an interlinkage between ensuring girls’ access to education and preventing child, early and forced marriage as well as teenage pregnancy. A host of Zambia-based organizations are experts at running programs that ensure the education of girls, whereby empowering communities, preventing child marriages and teenage pregnancies.
FAWEZA, Zambia Red Cross and SoGreen are implementing the project Ensuring Secondary Education of Girls in Zambia, targeting marginalized girls in rural communities. The aim of the project is to increase the number of girls that graduate from secondary school in Zambia. More specifically, to ensure the secondary education of disadvantaged girls in Zambia who otherwise would not be afforded that opportunity, benefiting both communities and the climate.
Sustainable Development Goals Impact
4.1 By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys complete free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education leading to relevant and effective learning outcomes.
4.5 By 2030, eliminate gender disparities in education and ensure equal access to all levels of education and vocational training for the vulnerable, including persons with disabilities, indigenous peoples and children in vulnerable situations.
5.1 End all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere.
5.3 Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation.
13.1 Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards and natural disasters in all countries.
3.3 Improve education, awareness-raising and human and institutional capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning.
8.6 By 2020, substantially reduce the proportion of youth not in employment, education or training.
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