I wake up at four o'clock; I do my chores before I go to school.
I sweep the compound and fetch water.
If there is a plate to wash, I will come and wash it.
Then I bathe my small brother.
I return at two-thirty or three o'clock in the evening.
I go for water and I come and cook for the family.
Some of the challenges in understanding the way of girls' education in Ghana - a girl
has to do a lot of things in the house before she picks up her bag and goes to school.
People think that the place of a woman is in the kitchen. One other thing, too, would have
to do with the educational system itself - sometimes I think that it doesn't favor girls.
We are going to play a game. I'm going to say, "Althea says, 'keep jumping!'"
Althea says, "Clap!" Althea says, "Stop!"
Camp GLOW was organized to bring together both boys and girls and to teach them leadership,
gender equality, health, agriculture, and this has been organized just to give the students
the compass, the opportunity to learn something different, to get empowered, and then to go
back into their communities and teach their peers what they have learned. And then gradually,
one person at a time, the change begins.
GLOW camps bring the girls together and give them the sort of self-empowerment and
self-motivation that, yes, I can do this, yes, I am capable of doing this, and specifically
give them examples of different girl role models that they can follow, and show that
it's possible for these girls to continue and to strive and to become empowered and
to grow and thrive.
Are we ready?
Yes, madame!
Are we ready?
Yes, madame!
Good afternoon, everyone.
How many of you take care of your younger siblings?
Do you realize you have leadership qualities already? And someone is looking up to you.
Okay, second part of the question: when do you use your mosquito net?
Every night!
Very good! Okay, go!
I think it's important that throughout the whole camp, they're all having so much fun
- so it's a positive environment, you know? And we focus on the positives rather than
the negatives. There's a little bit of fun sessions in there for them to giggle and laugh
and hold hands, and dance and learn together.
Every girl has a dream, something they would want to do for their community.
And I think that when a girl is educated, she believes more in herself.
You believe that you can do something.
I look forward to having my children grow up in a Ghana where we no longer would hear
men looking down on women. I look forward to having my children grow up in a country
where women are simply respected and better opportunities are presented to them because
they can.
They say, if you educate a boy, you educate an individual.
But if you educate a girl, you educate the whole country, or world.