Wednesday, May 25th, 2011
12:00 – 2:00 p.m. (lunch provided)
The National Press Club
14th St NW, 13th Floor
Washington, DC 20045
As space is limited, kindly RSVP to crsevent@global.crs.org by May 19, 2011.
Catholic Relief Services cordially invites you to the publication launch of “My Skills, My Money, My Brighter Future,” two assessment reports of economic strengthening activities for adolescent girls in Zimbabwe and Rwanda, funded by the Nike Foundation. These publications highlight four different economic strengthening activities along with key findings, successes and challenges in meeting the needs of vulnerable adolescent girls.
Highlighted interventions will include:
- Vocation and technical training
- Junior farm field and life schools
- Bio-intensive kitchen gardens and small-animal husbandry
- Savings and internal lending communities
Come learn more about how practitioners and donors can help development programs meet the needs of adolescent girls!
The Coalition for Adolescent Girls was initiated in 2005 by the United Nations Foundation and the Nike Foundation, and has been joined by more than 30 leading international organizations, to bring fresh perspectives, diverse resources and concrete solutions to the challenges facing adolescent girls in the Global South. When girls are educated, healthy, and financially literate, they will play a key role in ending generations of poverty. The Coalition's supporters are committed to creating lasting change for
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