Growth Through Learning is a secular nonprofit that awards scholarships to bright East African girls from poor families so that they can get a high school education. We’re growing rapidly – this year we provided 390 scholarships, nearly twice what we were providing four years ago. So far, we have changed the lives of 1,005 East African girls – 357 in Kenya, 354 in Tanzania and 294 in Uganda.

Our graduates began as girls from poor families with very little chance of getting an education. They have gone on to careers as nurses, teachers, accountants and businesswomen, the kind of people East Africa desperately needs. They have become respected and empowered leaders in their communities.

Based in Medford, Massachusetts, GTL has two part-time US staff, 9 volunteer coordinators in East Africa and a volunteer Board of thirteen dedicated Directors.

96.5% of what you give goes to pay for girls’ education in East Africa – we received an endowment in 2005 that covers almost all of our overhead costs.