Outreach Programme |
Aware of the fact that all adolescent girls require GPI information and education but many are for various reasons unable to visit the GPI centres, the organisation instituted the outreach programme which entails conducting lessons in selected schools during the school session and intensive holiday programmes for such girls.
The GPI outreach programmes aims to
(a) Provide avenues to reach out to adolescent girls who cannot physically come to the centres (in Calabar, Uyo, Benin and Asaba) due to distance, lack of funds, parental consent, time, poverty, etc.
(b) Enlighten and educate more adolescent girls on gender, sexuality issues and personal empowerment.
(c) Reduce teenage pregnancies, school drop-out rates, violence against girls and sexual exploitation through passage of information, education and skills development.
(d) Increase the number of girls who would in turn impact on their peers and communities to meet the long term social goal of gender equality.
Schools who are interested in GPI outreach programme should contact the appropriate centre closer to them.