Co-partners Mission:
- Keep youth, and girls in particular, in school
- Teach rural girls and women income generation skills
- Mentor girls and women to become community leaders
Co-partners Approach:
- Partner with organizations of rural
women in El
Salvador and Guatemala, who are trying to make better lives for
themselves and their families.
- Encourage groups to elect
officers who can begin to assume organizational responsibilities and acquire legal status. The role
of Co-partners shifts gradually from teacher to coach to adviser.
- Support women in identifying skills and projects for improving their
lives and in planning how to develop them.
- Contribute time,
money, and in-kind donations to support women's groups.
- Visit each
group annually to consult with them on how to make their organizations and
programs more successful. Provide ongoing support by phone and email.
Results/Outcomes:
- Motivated by packets of school supplies costing about $10, families send their children to school. 200 families aided annually.
- Women increase family income and provide their children with improved nutrition and health care, using the income generation skills they have learned in Co-partners' classes. 70-90 women trained annually.
- Aided by transportation scholarships, rural youth commute to towns that offer schooling beyond the six grades available in rural communities and stay in school longer. 10 youth given scholarships each year.
- Women are assuming organizational and community leadership roles. More every year!
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