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The Next Stage in Development

Find out how we are using our years of experience in supporting girls education to move toward the next stage of development in East Africa. Read about why Growth Through Learning focuses on secondary education for girls on our "Policy" page, and then learn about our our outreach partnerships in each country.

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Tanzania's pastoral communities

Emusoi Center in Tanzania assists girls from pastoralist communities who are often fleeing forced marriages, female genital mutilation and prohibitions on girls education. When these young women are ready, we give them a chance at secondary and higher education in schools with the extra support they deserve …

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Going beyond in Uganda

Inspired by GTL's affiliation with Emusoi Centre in Tanzania, our designated outreach program in Uganda began with a small group of girls from tribes in Karamoja and continues to grow. Under the direction of our coordinator, we now are making a difference in Karamoja and receiving our first applications from Northern Uganda…

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Kenya's pastoral communities

Two years into its development, our pastoral outreach program run by Caroline Lentupuru in Rift Valley region is reaching some of the most underserved girls and women in Kenya …

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The UN Initiative to Educate Girls Around the World

The work we do here at Growth Through Learning is in line with the United Nations Girl's Education Initiative. A decade ago, the United Nations and supporting institutions identified the problem of gender inequality in schools as a crucial factor in preventing development in impoverished and war-torn areas of our world. This summer, the UN released a short film titled To Educate A Girl that looks at the challenges facing girls and young women in such areas. The film features a young student in Uganda,one of the countries in which GTL works. If you have not heard before about the issues facing female students in developing countries, this free film is a good introduction. Watch To Educate A Girl on TeachUnicef's page and then come back to our page and learn more about the unique approach that Growth Through Learning takes to this global issue.

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The Crucial Gap in Secondary Schools

Unlike many programs, GTL focuses its tuition dollars on supporting young women attending secondary school. This means that we must spend more tuition per student than those who fund primary education and that we reserve only a small part of our funding for university or vocational school scholarships. But we believe that secondary school education is crucial if we are to make a real difference in the lives of individual students and in the futures of their villages and their nations. Find out why secondary school is of critical importance for girls and young women in East Africa.

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What's new?

We are in the process of adding all of our new and graduated students for 2013 to our "Students" page. Check in and click on a student's name to send her a note of congratulations and support. And keep checking back--we have many more students for you to meet! Congratulations go to Mercy Wanjiku Nungari from Central Kenya. Mercy recently completed her training at Outspan Medical and was admitted to Thika Medical to continue her studies. We are happy to continue our support for her. We also want to offer a special congratulations to Sikuku Esther, a young woman who traveled all of the way from her village in Karamoja to Central Uganda to attend boarding school and then took the school by storm. Sikuku Esther placed first of the 96 students in her senior one "class" at St. Kizito's. Well done!

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