Giving Girls Control Over Their Health and Learning is the Answer:
Healthy habitats require healthy communities, and key to keeping communities healthy is the empowerment of women and girls. Girls living in communities in the Jane Goodall Institute’s target areas are often prevented from finishing their education, if they get to start at all. This is a problem that not only affects the girls, but also their communities, their future families, and the environment around them.
JGI knows that making it possible for girls to take control of their own future through greater access to education and healthcare not only improves their wellbeing, but it also reduces pressure on natural resources as well, and helps communities thrive. JGI’s programs help girls stay in school by offering scholarships, providing them with sanitary supplies, creating a peer support network, and ensuring that girls have access to information about their health so that they have the tools to make important decisions about family planning and their lives.