The Female Empowerment Programme
The Female Empowerment Programme, previously named the Kapani School Project, offers extra support to young girls in rural Zambia through academic workshops, extracurricular opportunities and empowering education. Their mission is to inspire young girls to believe in their self-worth and build on their self-esteem, literacy and overall academic performance.
In 2015, The Female Empowerment Programme started a Girl’s Club at Yosefe Primary School. The aim was to create a safe space and an environment for girls in which they could feel comfortable exploring different ideas outside of their normal classroom environment. Through the club, the Female Empowerment Programme has introduced girls to a variety of different career options for women, exposed them to strong and successful local female entrepreneurs, held sessions on relationships, menstruation and sexuality, and at the girls’ request implemented English study lessons to help them improve their reading and writing skills.
Our Partnership
- £17,300 raised for The Female Empowerment Programme to date.
- 46 girls fully funded to join The Female Empowerment Programme directly from our donations.
- Our donations have also enabled the programme to double the number of girls they were able to teach; reaching another chiefdom that had no services for preadolescent girls struggling in school.
- £10,000 raised for The Female Empowerment Programme in 2023.
- This donation has fully funded 20 new girls to join the 2024 cohort and complete the three year programme.
