International Day of the Girl Child (IDGC) 2020 Celebrations

 

To commemorate this year’s International Day of the Girl Child, which had the theme “My voice, our equal future”, Society for the Improvement of Rural People (SIRP) organized two great and inspiring activities. The first activity was a campaign to end period poverty in Akwuke community of Enugu State, Nigeria. In this regard, we targeted 16 young girls from the community who we taught about menstrual hygiene generally. We furthermore stressed the need for them to avoid using various unhygienic materials during their periods. Finally, we provided them with sanitary pads and various toiletries.

On the other hand, we implemented a skill acquisition program at Okpanku community of Enugu State, Nigeria. In this regard, we targeted 15 young women and girls. We empowered them by training them on how to bake various snacks like buns, fish rolls, fish pies and small chops. This training is in clear alignment with our definition of Women Economic Empowerment (WEE). We define WEE as the process by which women and girls gain the ability to make decisions not just for themselves, but also for others.

All in all, we sure had fun and were also fulfilled implementing these activities as we made a tremendous impact in the lives of our beneficiaries. The goal for us still remains the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5, which provides for gender equality and women empowerment by 2030.