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Forgirlsake is a grassroots movement bringing women together to
support and educate girls in need around the world.

Thanks to generous donations, these seven girls are now attending Buhugu Secondary School in Sironko, Uganda.
Whether it be through books or computers, school scholarships or
building materials, Forgirlsake strives to make a measurable impact on
girls’ lives around the world.
Girls and women are foundational to the fabric of any healthy society. And yet all too often they
face barriers to fully realizing their potential either as individuals or as members of their communities.
By providing girls with educational opportunities, they are in a stronger position to achieve their
goals and help in their community development. As Greg Mortensen, Director of Central Asia Institute
asserts, “Educate a boy, you educate a boy, educate a girl and you educate a community.” Forgirlsake
is passionate about supporting girls’ empowerment and promoting lasting, meaningful and positive
change — change that can help to build healthier populations, thriving communities, sustainable
economies, and most importantly, a more equitable and secure world.

This year we partnered with African Baobab, Inc., a nonprofit charity which supports Ugandan children
orphaned by AIDS. Thanks to generous donations from our supporters we were able to surpass our
initial goal of collecting $4,200 to send five Ugandan girls to secondary school for four years. Instead,
we were able to raise an incredible $6,350 and are sending a total of seven girls from the village of
Sironko in eastern Uganda, to Buhugu Secondary School. Click here to meet the girls.