WISER International
- I Implementer
Description
WISER empowers girls and their communities through transformative education and holistic health. WISER partners with girls in rural Kenya to overcome the barriers that threaten their health, safety, and education. Their flagship program, the WISER Girls Secondary School, provides essential resources, leadership training, psychosocial support, sexual and reproductive health education, and hands-on STEM opportunities to build lasting capacity in Kenyan girls. Their central goal is to be a hub for excellence and outreach while creating impact for girls and their communities.
Primary Functions
- Program/Project Implementation
Secondary Functions
- Awareness Raising/Advocacy
- Research - other
Geographic Scope
- Global / regional
Areas of work Back to Top
Education topics addressed
Attainment
- Post-secondary
- Secondary completion
- Secondary Enrollment
Other skills
- Life skills/sexuality education
- Rights/empowerment education
- Social and emotional learning
Quality
- Curricula/lesson plans
- School facilities
- School quality
- School-related gender-based violence
- School violence
- Teacher training
Skills
- Literacy
- Numeracy
- Other academic performance-related
- STEM
Cross-cutting topics addressed
- Adolescent pregnancy/childbearing
- Community sensitization
- Early/child marriage
- Empowerment
- Food/water security
- Gender equality
- HIV and STIs
- Masculinities/boys
- Menstrual hygiene management
- Mentorship
- Other aspects of sexual and reproductive health
- Sexual harassment & coercion
- Social and gender norms and beliefs
- Sports
- Violence (at home, in relationships)
- WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene)
Funders and partners Back to Top
Current girls’ education funders
Current girls' education partners
Locations and contact information Back to Top
Website
Headquarters location(s)
- Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Migori, , Kenya
Office location(s)
- Kenya
- United States of America
Contacts
- Grace Murika
- Country Manager
- grace.murika@wisergirls.org
- WISER International
Locations of current girls’ education work
Map showing countries (listed below) where the organization is involved with girls' education programs
- Kenya
Projects Back to Top
Not applicable or unknown