This day honours and recognizes the courage of the students who participated in the Soweto Uprising in 1976 on that day. It also raises awareness of the continuing need for improvement of the education provided to African children.

“Even to be considered for Global Impact is an honor,” says Alain Chetrit, Co-Founder and GIST Chair. “To be chosen means your efforts are truly extraordinary. Each of these honorees inspire us to be better leaders and better world citizens."

"My biggest take away was getting to see how hard both One Girl Can and these students are working to alter the future of what it means to be a woman in Africa. It was very moving and I felt so lucky that I got to combine that experience with my picture making.”

“We have watched Lotte build this foundation from its inception, 11 years ago. Her drive, determination, and vision has brought One Girl Can to where it is today, giving girls the education and support needed to succeed and have equal opportunities.”

We're overjoyed to announce that Canadian actress, Mackenzie Davis, will be One Girl Can's ambassador, championing women's education and independence.

For the fifth year running, we are delighted to announce that Journeys by Design are once again supporting our IWANTtoBE event, donating not one but two "once-in-a-lifetime" luxury safari packages to our live auction!

"Education is the gateway to improving quality of life and truly making a difference for future generations." Introducing Natalie, one of our longest standing board members.

Our January Donor of the Month is the wonderful team at Avenue PR! As One Girl Can's public relations partner, the Avenue PR team go above and beyond when it comes to supporting our cause.

It has truly been a momentous year for One Girl Can. As part of our growing One Girl Can community, you've enabled us to reach far greater heights than we could have ever dreamed possible five years ago.

Our Donor Of The Month is the wonderful Hannah Bernard from Roots and Ardor, who joined our September 2018 trip to Africa. Read her guest entry about her experience capturing video for One Girl Can!

On November 27th, all holiday card purchases and donations will be matched dollar for dollar, doubling the impact of your contribution. Our goal is to raise $10,000 to build a new home for our students at Magomano Girls Boarding School.

After planning a trip to Kenya, Joe was inspired to use his visit as an opportunity to give back. Not only did he exceed his goal of $3500, he also had the chance to meet Purity, his sponsor student.

Judy Rhee, a junior at University Hill Secondary School, is an incredible young woman who was so inspired after reading Malala Yousafzai's book she started a Girls' Education club at her high school.

12 year old Ava has been selling handmade beaded angels for four years to raise money for her favourite charities.

Rita's parents had to sell most of their land so she could go to high school. Now she wants to prove women can thrive in tech by becoming a software engineer.

It's not just the students in our program we think are amazing, Canadian students can be pretty incredible too!

Is investing in girls' education the secret weapon against climate change? Promising new studies suggest it might be.

Meet Yanise, the 23-year-old rollerblading across the United States, with no money, to fundraise for One Girl Can.

Abbie Niles Francis, has a very special and personal story about why her family have chosen to make a significant contribution to a much needed dormitory rebuild at Magomano School.

Over the past two decades, there has been a global push to engage women and girls in STEM. STEM – or science, technology, engineering and math - has long seen girls outperformed by boys in school and underrepresented in the workplace.

Meet our March Donor of the Month, Beedie Development Group! Not only does Beedie sponsor three girls through their studies at university, they are also a proud platinum sponsor of One Girl Can’s annual #IWant2Be event.

In 2008, I went to Africa with the intent to impact gender inequality for girls, but with no real blueprint for how we could achieve this. This International Women’s Day, I’m reflecting on all that we’ve achieved in the last 10 years.

Meet our February Donor of the Month, contemporary and socially-conscious essential oils company vitruvi.

The Kibera slum is the oldest and biggest slum in Africa. It’s about the size of central park with over a million people living in it, and no government services whatsoever to provide water, electricity, garbage pickup, healthcare, or education.

This year why not make a resolution that’s easy to keep, and give back? Here are 8 reasons to invest in girls' education.

Every trip to Kenya and Uganda over the past 9 years has been filled with trial and error, discovery and learning, implementation and modification. This trip was different.

For a girl in Africa, the day one of university will be more than first day jitters. It will change the course of her life. One Girl Can’s #newbeginnings campaign will give girls a once-in-a-lifetime chance to escape the cycle of poverty and win control of her life.

Empowering women to take their rightful place in society has been a passion of mine since the 60’s, when I first became aware of how undervalued women are.

The biggest contribution we can make to help mobilize the women of the world is to support each other every day.

I came to know Beatrice from the candid photo we took of her in Uganda in 2014 (above). I hadn’t yet met her or talked to her, but her image became frozen in my mind. I didn’t know then the incredible reach and global connections that would be made from this one image and moment.

Four years ago, if you had have told Grace Hinzano and Everlyne Kahindi that they would graduate from University with a BA in Education, there wouldn’t have been the remotest chance they’d believed you.

Medina is an A+ student. She is intelligent, wired for academia and gifted in mathematics and science. Medina's mother has 5 children and makes a living fetching water and washing clothes.

This trip marked my twelfth to Africa since 2008, and with each visit I'm astounded by the growth - Physically, in the sheer number of buildings that keep going up...

My name is Millicent. I have lived in the Kibera slums in Nairobi, Kenya, since childhood. The slums are harsh conditions for a child, and girls are vulnerable to rape, neglect, robbery and sickness.