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

WISER International

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