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Why Girls?

Girls - and the women they can become - represent an enormous untapped resource in Tanzania. The ripple effects of educating girls are powerful, yielding benefits on a much wider scale than merely to the individual girls who are reached. Girls with secondary education become knowledgeable, skilled women who enjoy greater decision-making power in their own households and make valuable contributions in their workplaces. Many will become strong, dynamic leaders, guiding social change processes in their communities and nation.

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