PAGES in Mali

The cause:

Education, Poverty and Girls' Rights

The facts:

• Only 46% of boys and 40% of girls regularly attend primary school in Mali.
• Even less - 23% of boys and 17% of girls - go on to study at secondary school.
• In most primary schools, there is only one textbook for every 3 students.
• Girls are half as likely as boys to be able to read and write.
• More than half of Mali's population lives below the poverty line, living on less than US$1.25 per day.

The project:

Children, youth, women and men received skills, economic resources and quality education to enable greater household economic security in Mali.

The details:

In Mali, poverty and lack of education are the biggest barriers to healthy and successful futures for girls. Without school and positive ways to earn an income, girls are at risk of child marriage and pregnancy. Through this project, more than 600 women started new businesses. One hundred young women received business training. Plan also supported 200 community-based savings and credit organizations which help poor communities receive loans and start saving.

Girls