Meet Eunice, a 10th grader from Malawi!
#SponsoredStudentTuesday ๐
Access to
#education in
#Malawi ๐ฒ๐ผ has greatly improved with the net enrollment at the primary level reaching 90% in 2018 says UNICEF. Unfortunately, keeping students in
#school ๐ is a challenge - by the time students reach 7th grade, enrollment goes down to 47%.
According to the WorldBank Human Capital project, a child ๐ถ born today in Malawi will only be 41% as productive as they could potentially be if they enjoyed complete and quality education and full
#health ๐ฅ
This 16-year-old is on a mission to impact health in her
#community. Eunice dreams of one day becoming a
#nurse ๐ But the road to achieving her
#dream may not be easyโฆ
At
#TheSonderProject, we see
#girls who are especially prone to dropping out of school early due to gender norms that prioritize education for boys ๐ฆ and the responsibilities of household care for girls ๐ง Thatโs why our sponsorship
#program requires that at least 50% of ...