You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation.” ― Brigham Young
It’s 1 : 10 PM on day 1614 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, pray, read Jeremiah 31, publish my Disability of the Day feature, learn one new thing –The word “laser” is an acronym. It stands for “Light Amplification by the Stimulated Emission of Radiation.” feed myself egg with bread for breakfast, read and comment on When life gives you lemons! – a post Gaynor Young wrote about Educate Generations (thanks Gaynor for writing the post) – and promote my Educate Generations campaign – yesterday Marie Wikle and Rema aunty made two donations of $20 each (thank you SO MUCH Marie and aunty the support from both of you means the world to me ) which brings my total raised to $1 900 only $600 more to raise 🙂
Today I was thinking about girls’ education and why it’s important to educate girls and I came with 5 reasons. Take a look:
5 Reasons to Educate Girls
- Educating girls prevents child marriages – Girls with 8 years of education are 4 times less likely to be married as children(source: Malala Fund)
- Educating girls helps control population growth – Girls with 8 years of education will have 2.2 less children (source: Malala Fund)
- Educating girls reduces the chances of child mortality – A child born to a literate mother is 50% more likely to survive past the age of 5 (source: UNESCO)
- Educating girls has a generational impact – Educated mothers are more than twice as likely to send their children to school (source: UNICEF)
- Girls who have an education will become women who have a higher earning potential – A girl with an extra year of education can earn 20% more as an adult (source: The World Bank)
Ready to help educate girls? If so, visit https://www.classy.org/EducateGenerations and please make a donation to my Educate Generations campaign benefiting the Malala Fund. Thank you SO MUCH for all your support in advance.