Athletic Scholarship Program

  • P Project/Program

A Active

Key Information

The Girls Gotta Run Foundation is a non-profit organization which uses the sport of running as an innovative approach to creating safe spaces in school, ending child marriages and expanding access to secondary school for vulnerable girls. Their Athletic Scholarship Program consists of a running team of approximately 35 girls in Grades 5 to 7, implementation of a life skills program and the provision of scholarships for the girls on the team to continue their education at the Abba Pascal School for Girls in Soddo, Ethiopia.

Lead Implementing Organization(s)

Location(s)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Ethiopia

Activity URL

https://www.girlsgottarun.org/our-work-ggrf

Government Affiliation

Non-governmental program

Years

Not applicable or unknown

Partner(s)

ALLEGRO COFFEE CO, DEATH WISH COFFEE COMPANY, WOMEN WIN FOUNDATION, FALCON COFFEES, GEORGETOWN DAY MIGHTY HOPPERS, GOOD FOR GIRLS FOUNDATION, SVEXA, PUMA & MOLLY SEIDEL, SWEET MARIA’S COFFEE, ALANA HOUSE & PACT CHARITY, GOTEFF, KARMA COFFEE, MOODY COFFEE, ST. ROMAIN COFFEE, PACERS RUNNING, Bras for Girls - found this list of donors on 2022 annual report https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d2781ec5a93200001fe042d/t/64a31266e3ff520f362760aa/1688408679847/GGRF_AnnualReport_2022.pdf

Ministry Affiliation

Unknown

Funder(s)

Not applicable or unknown

COVID-19 Response

Unknown

Geographic Scope

Sub-national

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Attainment

  • Primary to secondary transition
  • Secondary completion
  • Secondary Enrollment

Other skills

  • Financial literacy
  • Life skills/sexuality education
  • Rights/empowerment education

Cross-cutting areas

  • Adolescent pregnancy/childbearing
  • Community sensitization
  • Economic/livelihoods (including savings/financial inclusion, etc.)
  • Empowerment
  • Menstrual hygiene management
  • Mentorship
  • Sports

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Girls in school

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

All in school

School Level

  • Upper primary
  • Lower secondary
  • Upper secondary

Other populations reached

  • Other community members - female
  • Other community members - male

Participants include

  • Adolescent mothers (pregnant or parenting)

Program Approaches Back to Top

Community engagement/advocacy/sensitization

  • Community mobilization
  • General awareness-raising/community engagement
  • Mothers' clubs

Food/nutrition

  • School feeding

Life skills education

  • Gender, rights and power

Menstrual hygiene management

  • Educating girls about menstruation

Other

  • Sports programs

Reducing economic barriers

  • Addressing cost of school supplies

Social/gender norms change

  • Engaging parents/caregivers of students or school-age children/adolescents
  • Media campaigns

Women's empowerment programs

  • Empowerment training

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Increased grade attainment
  • Increased progression to secondary school
  • Increased secondary school completion
  • Increased test scores
  • Reduced absenteeism

Cross-cutting goals

  • Increased agency and empowerment
  • Reduced adolescent pregnancy/childbearing
  • Reduced child marriage

Additional Information Back to Top

Primary Contact

General Contact Information
Girls Gotta Run
Arbora@GirlsGottaRun.org