Day of the Girl 2023

Former Mapalo YPM student and GAP high school scholar, and current nursing scholar, Everlyn Kase, teaching wound care at the 2023 training in Malawi

What does the future look like for the next generation of women?

For over a decade, UNICEF has been celebrating the Day of the Girl to promote issues that threaten girls’ rights, opportunities, and safety (UNICEF). Each year, UNICEF sets goals that will make the future brighter for the next generation of women, and can be supported at the national, local, or individual level. Goals for 2023 to 2024 include:

• Recognizing, celebrating, and supporting the leadership of girls

• Increasing programs that support adolescent girls’ well-being

• Support and increase sustainable funding that will address issues girls are facing

We are proud to invest in programs that support these goals! The weekly Girls Achievement Program (GAP) supports the well-being of girls as they learn about bodily development, life skills, and personal development. This group also directly addresses issues that girls face in the communities where we work, like early marriage and young pregnancy; issues and practices we aim to decrease. We also choose to fund scholarship programs that specifically uplift girls through secondary and tertiary education levels, providing a foundation to further opportunities and leadership in their communities. Many of our nursing scholars are young women and we support opportunities for them to lead as trainers with our volunteer community health worker teams.

We are grateful to you, our supporters, who make these life-changing programs possible. By continuing to empower girls, we are preparing the next generation of empowered women, and the whole community rises!