One of the most amazing stories that we happened to come across this week will be life changing for our neighbors in Tanzania. It made us realize all the more why we keep doing what we are doing.
Educating girls who have dropped out or who are unable to pay school fees to prevent them from being married off to older men.
An interesting excerpt to share from the article by Jacqueline Arias:
It’s a win for all girls and parents in Tanzania as their government made child marriages officially illegal in the country.
According to Tanzania’s attorney general George Masaju, this move aims “to create a better environment for our school girls to finish their studies without any barriers.”
For years, Tanzanian girls as young as seven years old are married off to older men so their families would have money. The country also had one of the highest adolescent pregnancy and birth rates between the ages of 15 and 19
Read the full article on Preen website here
#education #girlsmatter
