Submitted by Global Giving on 5 August, 2010 - 23:08
The More Than Me Foundation provides scholarships to girls in Liberia who would not otherwise be able to go to school.
This photo captures what More Than Me’s work means to those girls. It was also the Grand Prize and Africa region winner of GlobalGiving’s first Facebook photo contest. 
Submitted by Global Giving on 16 July, 2010 - 16:30
It’s been obvious to me for a long time that the way to fuel sustainable, positive change in the world is to find, nurture, and fund local, grassroots solutions, like arming Nigerian girls…with the weapon of education.
Submitted by NAD on 4 November, 2009 - 01:52
The African Achievers Awards aim to:
Recognise, grow and nurture exceptional African individuals, groups, companies, institutions etc to enable them to achieve the greatest possible impact in their communities and also inspire more African people to become engaged in improving and create positive stories about African people in the media. These Awards are to demonstrate that there are people within our communitiesstill achieving and are good role models. These awards are intended as incentives for many people in reaching their future GOALS.
Submitted by Barbara Lee Shaw on 28 May, 2009 - 16:57
The Maasai Girls Education Fund is dedicated to educating Maasai girls and providing each and every one of our students with the knowledge and skills to get a job in Kenya. In this way, we are empowering Maasai women to end early marriages of girls and develop alternative rites of passage into womanhood, to reduce poverty and all of its consequences in their communities, and to become all that they dream to be.
