April 10, 2024
At the heart of GEC’s work is relationship building. Once established, a relationship creates the firmest foundation for collaborations that solve problems and/or seize opportunity. The deeper and more stable the relationship, the more dynamic and sustainable the collaboration. The purpose of such, is to work towards the shared vision of a world where no…
Read MoreMarch 13, 2024
AHIRD’s Call for Trust and Collaboration In the vast landscape of philanthropy, where resources often flow through well-established channels, small and remote Community-Led Organizations (CLOs) located outside of typical NGO-hubs find themselves navigating a labyrinth of challenges. Driven by a commitment to their communities and armed with a deep understanding of local challenges,…
Read MoreMarch 7, 2024
A new generation of women can lead us out of the crises that are stacked against us. Let’s ensure it happens by making sure girls get the education they deserve. By Anne Wadsworth Imagine a world in which so many of the challenges we’re currently navigating — such as the ones that comprise the polycrisis…
Read MoreFebruary 13, 2024
The answers to many of the world’s greatest challenges may be growing in farms like this one in Tanzania By Anne Robinson Wadsworth In remote northwest Tanzania, there’s a small plot of land that just might be growing the future — and not solely because of what’s in the soil. The Garden for the Future is…
Read MoreOctober 11, 2023
After graduating from KGSS in 2020 with the school’s pioneer class, Peres Munanka didn’t take any time off between lower and upper secondary school. Instead, she went onto become GEC’s very first Kitenga volunteer. At that time, she remarked that she was “happy to volunteer to work with GEC because it is a passion…to see…
Read MoreApril 5, 2023
It’s written in our name. At Girls Education Collaborative, we believe that “collaborative” action to support educating girls is a mighty way to build a just and sustainable world. All the way back to our inception in 2011, we’ve intentionally taken a multi-disciplinary approach in our work, adhering to the mindset behind the United Nations…
Read MoreFebruary 24, 2023
In 2022, GEC developed a new philanthropic model, the Ally Funder Alliance (AFA). This deliberately small group of like-minded funders provides unrestricted funding and other non-financial assistance (what we like to call Allyship) to early-stage, promising, and locally-driven girl–centered organizations. Through collective action, the AFA will leverage the contributions of its members, while providing catalytic…
Read MoreNovember 23, 2022
On 1,000 acres in a remote village in northern Tanzania, where life is hard, poverty generational, and gender inequity ubiquitous, a transformative project is underway: the creation of an extraordinary, high-quality school for some of the world’s most at-risk girls.
Read MoreOctober 11, 2022
Today is an important day to GEC, our partners and most importantly to the girls we serve. GEC exists to help ensure that the world’s most at-risk girls complete twelve years of a safe and quality education so they can enter adulthood with skills and agency. At-risk because their long walks to school can be dangerous journeys…
Read MoreTogether, we can show the world that there’s nothing a girl can’t do.