Girls Learn International, a CHS chapter of an national organization, is what I am using for my genius project. Right now our club is starting to plan a spring fundraiser. We've spent the last few meetings researching ideas under four different categories: girl's health and clean water; technology, arts, and media; school supplies, transportation, and improvements; and human rights, leadership, and empowerment.
GLI partners with countries that still have fewer girls than boys completing secondary school. After we pick a category we want to support, we fundraise for it, and then send that money to GLI, who picks the place that most needs it. It's a pretty cool process and we've been finding some amazing projects under each category like organizations that buy girls bikes with baskets so they can get to school themselves, or give girls a kit that contains reusable pads, and also functions as a way to wash their pads, and hang them to dry, or even just raising money for solar panels to power much needed technology.
Doing this research and learning about all these projects has made me realize even further how much actually goes into a school. It takes a lot of money and resources to create a well functioning and effective school were girls can receive a good education. Fixing what seem like simple problems like transportation to school, or giving girls health classes and supplies to make it so they don't have to miss weeks of school due to their period, or even donating less than a dollar for pencils really makes a difference. I can't wait til we decide what we want to fundraise for, and start planning.
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