63 of the 69 young women across our GEP who recently took their comprehensive exams after 12th grade received passing marks, and graduated from high school! This 91% success rate exceeds the Bangladesh national rate.
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We are happy to report that in one of the villages in which our Girls Education Program has been operating, there were no child marriages at all throughout all of the past year!
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This month, hundreds of GEP girls received new backpacks to carry their books and school supplies.
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Fourteen young women who have been students in our GEP are now part-time teachers or teaching assistants in the GEP!
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Pictured are seven of our second-year nursing students, returning to their nursing school classes last week after a ten-month pandemic shutdown. GEP girls are determined to press on through the challenges of the pandemic, and keep making progress toward their dreams.
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Speak Up is proud to have earned a 2021 Platinum Seal of Transparency from the non-profit database Guidestar. The Platinum seal indicates that Speak Up has provided all information requested for maximum transparency to donors.
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We are happy to announce that Speak Up has been awarded a grant from the Catherine Bertini Trust Fund for Girls’ Education. This grant will fund community meetings for parents and family members of girls who are eligible to join our GEP.
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