About Us
Our Mission
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As a holistic girl-driven organization, Girls Empowerment Sierra Leone (GESL) nurtures and transforms girls into effective leaders and social change agents in their communities to realize their dreams.
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GESL offers comprehensive year-round support and programming to girls while giving them the knowledge, tools, resources, and networks to make an impact in their own lives and communities.
Our Vision
“A world with a new generation of powerful young women leaders and change makers who are well positioned and equipped to change their societies.”
Our Approach
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We provide self-development and empowerment programs for communities led by school going girls to bring out their leadership potential, develop their skills, ensure safe space for sisterhood and peer to peer learning, and provide enrichment opportunities for their future growth and learning.
We are intentional about keeping girls in school and we do this through an innovative self development and knowledge hub through out key programmatic areas
Which focus on self-development at the core and the following priorities including:
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Skills development focused on:
Leadership and Skills Development
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Activism focused on:
Advocacy and Social Change
Well-being focused on:
Wellness Education on
physical & mental well-being
Academic Enrichment focused on:
Academic support and learning