Wave Makers Discover some of the sustainable impact you helped achieve this year.
> HEALTH Half of the world’s population lacks access to essential health services, often due to poverty. For women, children and minorities, the barriers to health are even greater. Thank you for standing with these communities to advance everyone’s right to health, including Natsumi’s . In her community in the Amazon region of Peru, one in five girls is pregnant. Natsumi became a peer-to-peer educator in our $12.6 million We Decide project. Here’s the impact you helped:
> HUMANITARIAN RELIEF & RESILIENCE Crises, whether from conflict or a natural disaster, displace families like Loko’s , strain resources and expose vulnerable populations to even more suffering. With your support, we strive to offer hope and assistance, particularly for children and girls.
> EDUCATION More than 250 million children and young adults are missing out on education – that’s a quarter of a billion dreams put on hold. With your partnership, we’re getting children back in class. In Nigeria, an estimated 18.5 million children aren’t in school, and more than half of them are girls. Salma is beating those odds: The 11-year-old lost her hearing as a child and was out of school, but she participated in our $10.4 million Education in Crisis project and now dreams of becoming a teacher.
> YOUTH LEADERSHIP & ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT Together, we’re working with young people in Canada and around the world on projects that advance equality for girls and children’s rights. We have entrepreneurship, employment and financial-inclusion programs in more than 25 countries. Ayisha participated in a job-training program in Ghana and broke free from cultural sterotypes to launch her own tile-laying business.
> PROTECTION FROM VIOLENCE Last year, a staggering 1.7 billion children endured emotional, physical and sexual violence. One profound challenge is child, early and forced marriage, with a shocking 12 million girls every year becoming brides before age 18. Useaking is a mentor in our $7.6 million Lifting Healthy, Empowered and Protected Girls and Women (LEAP) project in Bangladesh. As a LEAP mentor, Useaking helps adolescents advocate for their sexual and reproductive health and rights.
Ethiopia has been facing its worst drought in 40 years. Loko’s family lost 69 cows — and, with that, their livelihood. We provided cash transfers (CAD$110) to 2,500 families like Loko’s.
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The rate of teen girls becoming pregnant dropped by 21 percentage points.
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