Educating the Girl Child

19th Jnauary 2016:
At wells for Zoe we are almost as passionate about Girls Education as we are about water.
This year we are enabling 77 girls and three women to get to Secondary School, now that they have qualified.
The average cost over the 81 is 180 euros, per year, for fees, books, requisites. Sometimes we need to support the families or the grandparents when they are the nearest.
The following is a little bit about her challenges and how she is managing them:

 First Term form 3
GIRLS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS
LUPASO COMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL
Name: Naomi Gondwe
Age: 14 years
School results
Agr 73, Bio 37, chich 68, Eng 58, Geo 64, His 65, Maths 8, Phc 39, S/S 71
Form: Three
Village: Kamzimu Gondwe
Primary school: Kasungu
Secondary school: Lupaso CDSS
Father: Kondwani Gondwe (Died)
No Business
Mother: Ida Mbewe 
Business: No
Brothers: Henry Gondwe
Sisters: None
Lives with: Grand Father
Where: Lupaso 
Rent on home Home

Additional information
Her father passed away and her mother is married to
another man, so she stays with her grand father
who is a watchman, so he can not manage to 
pay school fees for her.

From what I see, Naomi is doing fine. She will need a lot of help with her Mathematics, but will be able to attend at our Centre for Learning.

The average cost over the 81 will work out at about 180 Euros each, per year or 60 Euro per term. The fees alone work out at about 20 Euro each per term.