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Alpha Team! Ready to change lives?

Alpha Team! Ready to change lives?

We are so excited that you’re thinking about joining Alpha’s “Charity of the Year” fundraising effort through the donate an hour/ donate a day initiative! Through your collective effort and generosity, we hope you’ll be able to help 93 girls in the west African country of Liberia continue their education. It costs only $107 CAD ($77 USD) to help one girl participate in the Girls’ Accelerated Learning Initiative (GALI) for a full year.

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Campaign Goal: $10,000 to help 93 girls

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Every dollar raised through this year’s “Charity of the Year” partnership with CODE will go directly toward helping vulnerable girls participate in a special afterschool program to boost their confidence and accelerate their learning. Last year, 81% of girls in the program were double promoted!

In Liberia 25% of girls are married by age 18, and only 14% of the poorest girls complete primary school. You can help them beat the odds!

“The most important thing I learned in GALI was how to have confidence that I can be the best in my class, and in life.”

 – Theresa, former GALI girl now in Grade 11

Every gift helps and contributes in meaningful ways!

$107

1 year of GALI for a girl

$348

GALI workbooks for 1 school

$2,247

GALI for a school (21 girls)

$5,195

A mobile learning lab for 1 school

How You Can Help

This year we plan to expand from 20 to 40 schools with large populations of over-age girls! Over the next three years, GALI will reach over 1,900 students. We invite you to be part of making this life-changing program possible. You’ll help to provide a comprehensive package of support for participating girls, so that they are set-up to succeed. This includes:

  • One hour of small group tutoring daily with a focus on foundational literacy and numeracy
  • Life skills lessons weekly
  • Meals
  • Access to books and learning materials
  • Mentorship
  • Menstrual hygiene products
  • Access to tablets and digital learning
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More Details

The West African country of Liberia has the highest proportion of “over-age students” in the world. It’s a legacy of civil war that continues to have a devastating and disproportionate impact on teenage girls.

These girls face overwhelming odds in their pursuit of an education. Lack of parental support; low self-worth; poor family literacy; and mounting social pressures push them into teen pregnancy, early marriage, and the labour market. Shockingly, 25% of girls are married by age 18 and only 14% of the poorest girls will complete primary school.

The Girls’ Accelerated Learning Initiative (GALI) provides these girls with daily afterschool tutoring in small groups to accelerate learning and equip them with valuable life-skills so they can quickly and confidently advance to more age-appropriate grades. On average, 75% of girls in the program are promoted two grade levels annually, and the remainder are promoted one grade.

The girls participating in our program are courageous and determined. We see their potential and know that just a little extra support and encouragement will make a world of difference.

Thank you to our photographers Janet Phillips and Lloyd Massah
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