Basic Organization Information
ADVANCING GIRLS EDUCATION IN AFRICA INC
- Also Known As:
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AGE Africa
- Physical Address:
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Washington, DC
20003
- EIN:
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27-0143166
- Web URL:
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www.ageafrica.org
- NTEE Category:
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Q International, Foreign Affairs, and National Security
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Q30 International Development, Relief Services
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O Youth Development
- Year Founded:
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2006
- Ruling Year:
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2007
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Mission Statement
<div><strong>AGE Africa’s mission is to create life-changing opportunities for young women in Malawi </strong>through targeted initiatives in education, mentoring and leadership development. </div><div> </div><div><strong>Our vision</strong> is that all girls in Africa will have equal access to secondary education and that young scholars will be empowered through learning to finish school, and become leaders in their communities and beyond. <br /></div>
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Impact Summary from the Nonprofit
<p>AGE Africa’s success is the result of a three-pronged program strategy that addresses the multiple causes of girls’ dropout. We know that girls need more than just a scholarship to finish their educations.</p>
<p><strong>In the short-term</strong> AGE Africa’s goal is to graduate talented and disadvantaged young women who are equipped with the knowledge, resources, and self-confidence they need to make healthy and informed choices about their futures.</p>
<p><strong>In the long-term </strong>AGE Africa seeks to narrow the retention gap, and produce better outcomes for girls nationwide by creating a model for girls’ achievement and retention in public school that can inform public education throughout the country.</p>
<p>Malawi is in desperate need of qualified women to solve the region’s development issues but statistics predict that most girls will never make it past the fifth grade. Nationwide, less than one quarter of female students who enroll in secondary education finish all four years of high school. <strong>AGE Scholars’ pass rates are approximately triple the national average, and our retention rate is thus far perfect.<strong></strong></strong></p><strong><strong>
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Leadership
Aubryn Allyn Sidle
Term:
Since
Sept
2010
Profile:
Aubryn has an applied background in youth leadership program design and spent two years in East Africa supporting the work of local CBOs in urban slums. While in Kenya she co-founded Helping Hands Tours and Safaris, a social enterprise business that funds Kibera-based youth programs. She has founded and co-directed leadership programs serving at-risk youth in California’s Bay Area and New York. Most recently Aubryn has served as a program and fundraising consultant for several US-based nonprofits. She is excited to be at the helm of AGE Africa where she can pursue her passions for youth empowerment & African development simultaneously. Aubryn earned her Bachelors Degree from Cornell University, Magna Cum Laude, and her Master of Science in International Development Management from the London School of Economics.
Highest Paid Employees & Their Compensation
Program:
Scholarships, Life Skills, and Career Guidance
- Budget:
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$120,000
- Category:
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International, Foreign Affairs & National Security
- Population Served:
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Female Youth/Adolescents (14 - 19 years)
Program Description:
<p><strong>AGE Africa’s Scholarship Program</strong> provides a three-pronged approach to ensure that disadvantaged but academically talented young women have all the resources, knowledge, and awareness they need to attend and <em>finish</em> their secondary school educations. Our scholarships in combination with our extra-curricular work, address the most prevalent causes of drop out.</p><p><strong>A three-pronged approach:</strong></p><ol><li><strong>Comprehensive Scholarships</strong> that pay for tuition, as well as the indirect costs of a girl’s education.</li><li><strong>Life Skills Training </strong>that includes: sexual and reproductive health education, gender based violence prevention, healthy decision-making, leadership development, self-advocacy, as well as time management, research skills, and effective study techniques.</li><li><strong>Career Guidance</strong> <strong>Education </strong>and counseling that helps our students broaden their understanding of careers, access tertiary education, apply for jobs, as well as learn how to translate their knowledge into earned income at home in the village.</li></ol><p><em>One hundred percent of AGE Africa’s scholarship awardees since 2007 have finished four years of high school.</em> Currently AGE Africa is active at four public schools in three districts: Zomba, Mulanje and Mangochi with plans to expand to two more schools this Fall. The organization provides scholarships to 42 young women in public boarding and day secondary schools.</p><p>This spring AGE Africa added its first cohort of Community Day Secondary School (CDSS) Scholarship awardees. In 2010 we served 140 girls with core life skills education, and supported 22 girls with our Comprehensive Scholarship Model. We boast a <strong>100% retention rate</strong> of our Scholarship awardees in secondary school, and <strong>a 70% pass rate</strong> on their final examinations (compared to 23% nationwide). Our students leave our schools with knowledge about small business startup and management, higher education, and <strong>100% have delayed pregnancy and marriage </strong>well beyond the national average.</p>
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