My granddaughter Zoe came back from the HOBY Foundation Leadership conference in Chicago this summer inspired to do something meaningful and she has. She started a local outreach of the United Nations initiative, Girl Up in her community. Girl Up is a campaign of the United Nations Foundation, created to support the work of the United Nations itself. Since Girl Up’s launch in 2010, the initiative has partnered with the United Nations to support comprehensive programs that give adolescent girls in developing countries an equal chance for education, health, social and economic opportunities, and a life free from violence.
The UN partners that Girl Up works with include:
The UN partners that Girl Up works with include:
- International Labor Organization (ILO)
- Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
- United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women)
- United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
- United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR)
- World Health Organization (WHO)
Zoe developed an ambitious goal: to host a Christmas holiday fundraiser with her hew group to benefit Mujeres Unidas which provides services for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault in the Rio Grand Valley of Texas. It was a wonderful success; I am so proud of her! The Lae Lae Collection gave her a seed contribution to help her get started and she and her friends added to it. What a lovely showing of the true holiday spirit of giving to help those who need it. Way to go Zoe! (By the way, she just scored 1580 on her SATs as well). She is bound for great things in her future!
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