Take Action

We invite you to join us in our mission of increasing girls’ access to education.

Here are some ways students can make a difference:

learn more about the importance of educating girls

Start a Book Club

  1. Hold a planning meeting with students to decide the format of the book club. Consider these questions:

      • Who will join the book club? Will we hold it as a class, small group, project, grade, school-wide, or in our community?

      • How often will we meet? Will we read the whole book before we meet? Or meet chapter by chapter?

      • Will we meet in person or online?

      • Which books will we read? Who will choose our books?

      • How will we structure the discussion about the book?

        • Will we have a leader or take turns leading the discussion?

        • Will we create a discussion protocol so everyone has a chance to share their thoughts and questions and be heard in a safe space?

        • Will we include questions ahead of our meeting, maybe when we choose the book or ask each member come to the meeting with a question for the group?

      • How will we share our learning at school? at home? online? with friends?

  1. Start reading!

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Invite a Local Leader of Girl's and Women's Issues to Visit Your Class

  1. Work with colleagues and/or students to identify potential class visitors.

  2. Decide what you would like the visitors to do: Work with students on projects? Give a talk (guest speaker)? Emcee an event?

  3. Help students decide which local leaders to invite and draft a calendar for their visits. Will the visit coincide with a class unit, event, or celebration?

  4. Draft and send invitations. Tip: These are most effective when they come from students.

  5. Plan and host the visit (in person or virtually).

  6. Reflect on the visit.

  7. Write and send personal and specific thank you notes. Tip: These are also most effective when they come from students.

  • What was unique about the visit?

  • What was the most interesting thing we learned?

  • How will what we learned help us promote girls education locally and/or around the world?

Follow Girls Education International

    • Periodically visit the Girls Education International blog to keep updated on the girls in Tanzania and Pakistan.

    • Follow Girls Ed on Facebook.

tell others

Make a Public Service Announcement (PSA)

  1. Work with students to identify audiences. Examples: friends, family, other classes in the school, school newspaper, school announcements, class or school website, social media (if appropriate), local media such as radio and TV.

  2. Work with students to map out the project with steps like these and a timeline:

    • Choose the audience(s)

    • Create an audio or video public service announcement (PSA) about the importance and impact of educating girls.

    • Edit and proof the PSA

    • Contact the chosen audience(s) and schedule the PSA.

  3. Carry out the PSA project.

  4. Reflect on the the experience of working together on the PSA project.

    • What did we do well?

    • What could we have done better?

    • How did it feel to create something to help others learn about the importance and impact of educating girls?

    • How did it feel to share our PSA, then hear/see it in print, online, or broadcast?

  5. Celebrate!

Summarize and Share the Learning

  1. Summarize: Have students summarize what they learned.

  • Hold a class discussion.

  • Have small groups work together to identify key learning points.

  • Assign as individual writing, public speaking, or other modality exercise.

  1. Share:

    • Hold a class "talent show" or "poster session" where students showcase their learning.

    • Share summaries with other classes in the school, the school paper or on the school website, on social media (if appropriate), and with your family and friends.

3. Reflect and Celebrate!

Share Students' Creations With Girls Education International

  • Send your PSA to Girls Ed at info@girlsed.org and we will post it on our social media pages.


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engage in a service learning project

Plan a Girls Education Service Learning Project

Service learning can happen both in person and virtually. It can be as small or as big as you want it to be, as long as students are identifying an unmet need and making a contribution to their community, whether close to home or far away (like Pakistan and Tanzania!).

  1. Brainstorm with students a list of unmet educational needs for girls in the school, community, or world.

  2. Use an affinity diagram or other tool with students to organize the ideas into categories.

  3. Decide which ideas students want to work on. Use a protocol like multi-voting (dot voting) to make sure everyone is involved.

  4. Have students plan the project. Help them as needed. Consider these questions:

    • Is this going to be a one-time event or an ongoing project?

    • Who will be involved? Class project? Small groups? Extracurricular? Individual? Cross-grade or cross-team? School-wide?

    • What action steps do we need to take?

    • What is our timeline?

    • How will we know we are successful?

    • How will we reflect on and celebrate our service learning project?

5. Support students as they implement their plan and see them make a difference!

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Share Students' Projects With Girls Education International

  • Send your service learning project with Girls Ed at info@girlsed.org and we will post it on our social media pages.

raise money FOR the girls in tanzania and pakistan

Host a Fundraising Event

  • Host a bake sale, 5K run, STEM project showcase, game night, or story telling slam.

  • Host a Virtual Fundraising Event, such as a virtual fun run, pajama party, or an online story telling slam.

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Ask Friends and Family to Donate to Girls Education International