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Education Champions
Our approach is different.
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“Too often local activists like me don’t have the funding or support we need to increase our impact — Malala Fund’s Education Champion Network is changing that.”
Hiba Hamzi
Education Champion from Lebanon
Amplify
“Malala’s visit helped our organisation gain visibility, which is very important for us to support the struggle of the Indigenous people and to raise questions about Indigenous education in Bahia.”
Ana Paula Ferreira de Lima
Education Champion from Brazil
Connect
“Every day activists take small but important steps to break down barriers for girls. With the support we receive from Malala Fund’s Education Champion Network, our steps become strides.”
Rotimi Olawale
Education Champion from Nigeria
We don’t build schools. We build networks.
Inspired by Malala and Ziauddin’s activist roots, Malala Fund believes that local educators and advocates provide the greatest insight, innovation and energy needed to address barriers that keep girls out of school in their communities.
Through our Education Champion Network, we invest in their work so they can scale their efforts and leverage their collective power to create broader change to make it easier for all girls to learn.
We invest in the next generation of leaders.
Our Girl Programme gives girls the tools they need to advocate for education and equality in their communities and a platform for the world to hear their voices. By supporting youth activists, investing in local organisations and amplifying the voices of young women, Malala Fund is creating a world where girls have the agency to address the barriers standing in the way of their dreams.
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We don't accept the status quo. We fight to change it.
Social norms can influence attitudes and policies that shape girls’ opportunities to learn. Through programming and advocacy with local partners, we’re challenging the beliefs, behaviours and legislation that prevent girls from going to school and learning on equal terms with boys.
We don’t talk down to girls. We listen.
The girls we serve have high goals for themselves — and we have high expectations for the leaders who can help them achieve their goals. Malala Fund created Assembly, a digital publication and newsletter, as a platform for girls to speak out about the issues holding them back.
Delivering tangible change in targeted geographies
In the next five years, Malala Fund will significantly increase our investment in our network of education advocates and expand in up to 10 new countries, at a rate of one to two countries per year.
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There are 3.7 million out-of-school children in Afghanistan — 60% are girls. (UNICEF)
Afghanistan
42%
Most girls in rural Bangladesh dropout of school after primary school, with dropout rates at nearly 42 percent. (UNICEF)
Bangladesh
We are realistic about the work ahead. We know there are no straight lines or overnight solutions to getting all girls in school and learning.
By 2025, we want to see a substantial increase in well-educated girls in the countries where we work, improved and better-financed education systems and communities that offer girls equal opportunities to learn and actively support their ambitions.
For more information about Malala Fund's goals and the details of our approach, read our strategic plan.
Commitment to accountability
Malala Fund holds leaders accountable for their commitments to girls — and we hold ourselves to the same standards. We regularly assess our impact, apply findings to future work and share our results.
