girls with student in chemistry class
Girls in science, Tanzania Girlstown, Summer 2022

Education is the most powerful gift we can give a girl

When a girl stays in school, she doesn’t just transform her own future – she transforms her family, her community, and generations to come.

According to UNESCO, each additional year of secondary education can increase a girl’s future earnings by 15–25% – and educated women reinvest up to 90% of their income back into their families. Yet millions of girls around the world are still being denied this chance.

At World Villages for Children, we believe that ending this cycle starts with one thing: giving every girl access to a quality education.

Girls with microscope
Enjoying Science, Class, Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Give a girl an education, the world gains

This International Women’s Day, we’re going further. Guided by the spirit of IWD 2026 – Give to Gain – we are investing in girls’ education in STEM: science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

The jobs of tomorrow are being built on these skills today, and we are determined that girls will be at the heart of that future. When a girl is equipped with STEM knowledge, she doesn’t just find opportunity – she creates it.

She becomes an innovator, a problem-solver, a leader. Your support this International Women’s Day means more girls stepping into that future. Give today, and we all gain.

 

The impact of girls' education in our programmes

11,782

girls currently in our schools

70

vocational subjects taught to girls in our programmes

94,328

girls have graduated from our programmes between 1964-2025