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Activities

After School
Support Program
Year Number of
Students
2001 20
2002 53
2003 80
2004 120
2005 220
2006 235

In School
Support Program
Year Number of
Students
2005 1167
2006 1207

What we do

With and by the girls themselves, the 10,000 Girls program has developed techniques for independent study, a peer education network, and a parental support system.In a simple list, our educational program activities include
  • Monitored after-school homework preparation
  • Individual in-school follow-up
  • Individual at-home follow-up
  • Peer support and review
  • Monthly teamwork preparation
  • Bi-monthly parent support meeting

How we evaluate

Each participant is evaluated monthly by her public school teachers, parents, after school monitors and instructors. We have both monthly and annual evaluations.
Monthly evaluation criteria
  1. School attendance
  2. Homework completion
  3. Home task assignments
  4. After school program attendance and (when relevant) entrepreneurial participation and training
Annual evaluation criteria
  1. The number of girls who passed their classes and progressed to the next level
  2. The number of girls who trained in entrepreneurial pursuits
  3. The number of parents active in our familial support network
  4. The red or black in our financial statement

Some recent results

From our detailed breakdown provided at Facts & Numbers. For 2005-06, participants in the 10,000 Girls program
  1. Experienced a 68% success rate in passing to the next grade level. In contrast to the 18% success rate for the region of Kaolack.
  2. Had a 2% percent dropout rate. As opposed to the 53% dropout rate for the region of Kaolack.
(If statistics are not your preferred benchmark, please consider what some knowledgeable American professionals with experience in West Africa have said about the 10,000 Girls program).Next, how we understand and deal with our primary challenges.