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17 de Agosto, 2007

Promoting Education for Indigenous Girls in Mexico

Categorized under Indígena | Tags: Change, Hope, Que Viva Las Mujeres

Summary: This project seeks to create a model that promotes the right to primary education with a gender perspective in an indigenous community school in Mexico.
How You Can Help:
$20 - Will buy stationery to carry out all the activities.
$50 - Will train 6 teachers in themes such as health care.
$100 - Will cover the costs of a workshop about health care for 20 parents.

Project Needs and Beneficiaries:
Gonogochi, a raramuri indigenous community in the state of Chihuahua in Mexico, is marked by extreme poverty, high illiteracy and dropout rates (especially among girls); rising levels of violence and drug use; and an increasing loss of indigenous identity. For this reason, this project aims to offer an innovative educational model with indigenous elements that includes themes such as gender equity and addiction prevention in order to promote school attendance and education of indigenous girls.

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