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Girls' Empowerment Retreat

INSPIRE.
EMPOWER.

The Funo Langa Girls' Empowerment Retreat focuses on engaging secondary school girls on the problems and challenges faced by girls, which are an impediment to their well-being and achieving a better quality of life. The retreat is thus designed to nurture girls, promote their rights, and help them unearth their talents and aspirations. Girls are able to see their role models and envision their dreams as realistic.

Relevance

Objectives

Methodologies

Relevance

Mentoring plays a critical role in human development. Research indicates that a well-structured, supervised mentorship program can improve adolescents’ social, emotional, and academic skills and mindsets. Mentorship fosters the development of feelings of connectedness among students for the school and community. In turn, there is less chronic absenteeism, which later translates into less school dropouts. Students have also been seen to develop self-efficacy, self-esteem, and self-confidence from mentorship. Girls’ Education Trust believes that it is vital to provide support for every child’s growth and development to ensure that the girls we are working with grow into healthy, well-rounded, and positive contributing members of society.

Objectives and Results

The objective of the retreat is to bring together girls, their teachers, mentors, and role models across the country to mentor them, share issues of interest among girls and encourage them to work hard, finish school, and aspire for bigger and greater things.  

In a broader sense, it is also hoped that this program will result in:

  • Increased motivation and confidence among the girls.
  • Increased ability to articulate their aspirations.
  • Sensitize the community and increase awareness on the need for children especially girls to finish school.
  • Alert the public to the presence of the Trust and the work that they do across Malawi’s rural communities.

Methodologies

The Girls Empowerment Retreat is fully packed with activities and an exciting week for the girls. Among the activities include the following:

Role models – where GET invites different female leaders from
various disciplines to share their life journeys, experiences, and motivations.

Mentor motivational speeches and life skills sessions of self-awareness.

Breakaway small group discussions on life issues affecting the girls
in their pursuit of an education. Mentorship involving discussions in small groups led by the Trust and facilitators on several topics highlighted in the background of this concept note.

Panel discussion led by the girls/student representatives on their challenges and wishes.

Talent show with the girls (featuring a local Malawian artist).

Movie night

Showcasing of different University programs and offers including TEVETA. University pavilions to offer options and choices for the girls when they finish their secondary education.

Sports activities as part of the road to success.

2022 Retreat

2022
Retreat

The 2022 Funo Langa Girls’ Empowerment Retreat inspired and empowered girls to connect with their purpose, cultivate new skills (including survival skills), build confidence, and develop relationships beyond the classroom and for years to come. The activity brought together female professionals from various disciplines to serve as living role models sharing their experiences as well as to encourage the girls take up roles in diversified occupations.

Speakers
Gallery
Partners

Girls' Education Trust is grateful for each one of these leaders who came to inspire our girls at the 2022 Funo Langa Girls' Empowerment Retreat.

Speakers in order of appearance.

We are grateful to the following institutions for partnering with us in 2022. Without their support the event would not have been possible. From the bottom of our hearts: Thank You! Zikomo Kwambiri!