TEAM Girl Malawi (Transformational Empowerment of Adolescent Marginalised Girls in Malawi)

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? Activity Status: Unknown

Key Information

TEAM Girl Malawi (Transformational Empowerment of Adolescent Marginalised Girls in Malawi) will transform the life chances of some of the most vulnerable girls in the country by building their basic literacy & numeracy skills and helping them to transition into further education, training, or employment. This project will reach some of the most marginalised adolescent girls in Malawi who have never been to school or who dropped out of school without learning to read, write and count. In community-based classes these out-of-school girls will learn basic literacy, numeracy, and life skills. Girls’ clubs and peer-to-peer buddying will impart sexual & reproductive health knowledge, and develop resilience and self-esteem. Improved school leadership will make schools safer, more inclusive spaces, and community engagement will raise aspirations for marginalised girls. Our holistic support will empower girls to choose their own pathway into mainstream education or into vocational or basic business training supported by a targeted micro-loan scheme. Our girls will gain confidence, a safe source of income, and the life skills they need to do more than just survive but to thrive. They will be empowered to take decisions about their own futures and build a better life.


Lead Implementing Organization(s)

Location(s)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Malawi

Government Affiliation

Non-governmental program

Years

Not applicable or unknown

Partner(s)

Charlie Goldsmith Associates, Supreme, Microloan Foundation

Ministry Affiliation

Unknown

COVID-19 Response

Unknown

Geographic Scope

National

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Other skills

  • Financial literacy
  • Life skills/sexuality education
  • Social and emotional learning

Skills

  • Literacy
  • Numeracy

Cross-cutting areas

  • Economic/livelihoods (including savings/financial inclusion, etc.)
  • Empowerment
  • Violence (at home, in relationships)

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Girls (both in school and out of school), Youth

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

Some in school

School Level

Not applicable or unknown

Other populations reached

Not applicable or unknown

Participants include

Not applicable or unknown

Program Approaches Back to Top

Life skills education

  • Sexual and reproductive health (including puberty education)
  • Social and emotional learning (SEL) skills building

Reducing economic barriers

  • Financial literacy training
  • Microcredit

School-related gender-based violence

  • Safe and welcoming schools

Tutoring/strengthening academic skills

  • Literacy - in the classroom
  • Literacy - outside the classroom
  • Numeracy - in the classroom
  • Numeracy - outside the classroom

Women's empowerment programs

  • Empowerment training

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Improved academic skills (literacy and numeracy)
  • Improved social and emotional learning/skills and mindsets
  • Increased school completion (general)
  • Increased school enrolment (general)

Cross-cutting goals

  • Improved sexual and reproductive health
  • Increased agency and empowerment
  • Increased employment/job-related skills
  • Increased knowledge of rights
  • More equitable gender attitudes and norms
  • Reduced poverty/increase household well-being