A Bridge for Girls is dedicated to empowering young women in Rwanda, by providing education and vocational training -- enabling them to end the cycle of poverty and shape their own futures, providing the tools that allow them to dream, believe and achieve.
Throughout the years, people have defined poverty by how it’s represented, both tangibly and visually – the lack of basic needs, such as access to clean water, shelter and nutritional food.
And as true as that may be, in post-genocide Rwanda, we have come to witness another kind of undefined, intangible form of poverty; the kind of poverty that strips oneself at the very core of self-worth and one of humanities most valuable assets – our identity.
And because of this, A Bridge for Girls recognizes the gap in opportunity for young women has widened, while the inability to be acknowledged causes many to feel and become virtually invisible.
Throughout the years, people have defined poverty by how it’s represented, both tangibly and visually – the lack of basic needs, such as access to clean water, shelter and nutritional food.
And as true as that may be, in post-genocide Rwanda, we have come to witness another kind of undefined, intangible form of poverty; the kind of poverty that strips oneself at the very core of self-worth and one of humanities most valuable assets – our identity.
And because of this, A Bridge for Girls recognizes the gap in opportunity for young women has widened, while the inability to be acknowledged causes many to feel and become virtually invisible.