School Girls Unite

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Five Ways YOU can make a real difference NOW!

Download our "FACT KIT" [DOWNLOAD] that will help you get informed about School Girls Unite and what we do!

Tell your friends about School Girls Unite! Even form a group with them to brainstorm your own ideas of things you could do together! Get together after school to create fliers and posters about School Girls Unite [using the Fact Kit] that you can post around your school or at your community center. You can also join our Facebook group and invite others to join!

Plan a fundraiser with your friends! Try a bake sale, car wash, or lemonade stand! You could even make your own trinkets to sell! Mail the proceeds to School Girls Unite via [address]. Or, have an arts and crafts party with your friends to make little trinkets or bracelets that you can sell at your local supermarket or community center. Even just visiting Goodsearch.com can help raise money!

Create an inspiring video to spread the word! Get your friends involved, and then show it to everyone you know, and maybe even your entire school! Watch some examples like "The Girl Effect" [watch here!] or our own Video Petition Against Child Marriage [Click Here!]!

Visit with your local members of congress! Tell them what you know about School Girls Unite so far and how you would like to change the situation for girls worldwide.

Send us your ideas! We'd love to hear YOUR specific ideas on everything, from fundraising to public leaders to get in touch with, and what we could say to members of Congress.

GET THE FACTS

It is common to have 100 boys and girls in one 1st grade classroom in Mali. How many girls still will be in school by 5th grade?
a. 75
b. 20-30
c. 5-10
What percentage of females in Mali age 15 and older can read?
a. 15%
b. 97.3%
c. 62%
How many languages are spoken in Africa?
a. 17
b. Only one, African
c. 100+
Which is true?
a. The U.S. government spent $740 million to build the American Embassy in Iraq.
b. The U.S. government spends $740 million a day for the war in Iraq.
c. The U.S. government will spend $740 million in 2008 to increase the number of girls and boys going to primary school in developing countries.
d. All of the above
e. None
Who said: “Education is the most powerful weapon in the world”?
a. George W.Bush
b. Nelson Mandela
c. Walt Whitman
d. Bono
What is the life expectancy in Mali?
a. 48 years
b. 59 years
Out of 1,000 children, how many will not live to celebrate their 5th birthday?
a. 7
b. 219
c. 25
d. 630
What country is the most generous in providing money to extremely poor countries for educating girls?
a. Italy
b. Norway
c. U.S.A
d. India
Who promised in 2000 that the U.S. would help achieve the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals to eliminate gender inequality and provide basic education to all girls and boys?
a. George W. Bush, U.S. President
b. Paul Wolfowitz, former President of the World Bank
c. Kofi Anan, U.N. Secretary General
d. Hillary Clinton, U.S. Senator
How many high schools in America could be built with the amount of money the U.S. spends to educate girls and boys around the world?
a. 200
b. 850
c. 35
d. 2000
How many schools in Mali have water fountains and separate bathrooms?
a. 25
b. All of them
c. 200
d. None
What is the percentage of people in Mali and the U.S. who are 18 or younger?
In Mali:
    a. 26%
    b. 53%
In USA:
    a. 26%
    b. 53%
How much do school supplies cost for a 3rd grader?
In Mali:
    a. $13.50
    b. $52.25
In Montgomery County, Maryland:
    a. $73.50
    b. $115.25
What is the average cost to send a girl to school for a year?
In Mali:
    a. $60
    b. $95
In America:
    a. $2,500
    b. $4,000

Many more facts are available from SCHOOL GIRLS UNITE and also the links to other organizations: click here
Adventures of Wonder Schoolgirl Woman!! Watch our Puppet Show on YouTube that talks about why millions of girls don’t go to school.

ANSWERS: 1c, 2a, 3c, 4d, 5b, 6a, 7b, 8b, 9a, 10c, 11d, 12b+a, 13a+a, 14a+b

EXPRESS YOURSELF to the POWERS-THAT-BE
With these facts, make your voice heard by writing a short letter to powerful decision makers—your Members of Congress. Even though you may not able to vote yet, you represent a future voter. Sending an email message is fast and free but a personal letter will get attention. In the past SCHOOL GIRLS UNITE have sent “Send My Sister to School” paper doll cutouts with reminders for America to keep its promise to achieve the U.N. Millennium Development Goals.
To find out the names and addresses of your two U.S. Senators, click here
To find out the name and address of your U.S. Representative, enter your zip code in the upper left corner of this congressional web site

BECOME A SCHOOL GIRLS UNITE AMBASSADOR
Contact School Girls Unite by calling 1-800-KID-POWER or info@schoolgirlsunite.org and we will send you a free info-pack about the girls in Mali we are sending to school and our Girls Gone Activist DVD that you can share with your friends and other folks. With these materials and DVD, we hope you make a presentation by speaking about this cause at youth or religious organizations, schools and PTAs to inspire others to get involved. For ideas click here to watch SCHOOL GIRLS UNITE story on FOX 5 TV and MSNBC TV Live Interview plus our event at the University of Maryland Conference Center.

HELP SPREAD THE WORD!
Check out our MINI-SHOP at Cafepress.com! You can order hoodies, T-shirts, bags and more! http://www.cafepress.com/educategirls
Post this picture that leads to a link to our site anywhere on your web site that allows HTML. It'll help more people know about what they can do to help educate every girl in the world!

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HELP SEND A GIRL IN MALI TO SCHOOL
It costs School Girls Unite about $60 to send a girl in Mali to school for an entire year. We pay her tuition, textbooks and tutoring. Click here to see what school supplies a 3rd grader buys in Montgomery County, Maryland and Mali and the difference in price to buy a Coke, Tylenol and other stuff.

Several ways you and others can contribute
Send us a donation (please make the check payable to School Girls Unite and mail to 3909 Prospect Street, Kensington, MD 20895 and you will receive a receipt from us.)
Buy a set of 10 SGU pencils & 10 SGU Post-It pads for $10.00
Send a Girl to School SPECIAL – includes 20 SGU pencils, 60 SGU Post-It pads and 2 handmade accessories from Mali for $60.00
Organize a fund raiser, bake sale, car wash, carnival or yard sale and every dollar goes a long way in Africa.
Donate using our Facebook Cause page or JustGive.org. Make sure to type in Youth Activism Project, the nonprofit organization that runs School Girls Unite.
Pennies for SGU using GOODSEARCH, a search engine powered by Yahoo. Simply go to http://www.goodsearch.com and type in "School Girls Unite" under "Who do you Goodsearch for?" Every time you search one cent goes to SGU, with no cost towards you!

Step 1: Open your browser and type in www.goodsearch.com

Next, your page should look like this:

Step 2: Type in "School Girls Unite" under Who Do You Goodsearch For?

Step 3: Verify it and start search away! You're done! Please keep in mind your choice of charity might get erased from your computer memory sometimes so before you search just glance at the "Who do you goodsearch for?" to check up on it and make sure you see School Girls Unite. Thank you for your support.

SCHOOL GIRLS UNITE is approved for Student Service Learning (SSL) by Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) in Maryland www.mcpsssl.org