Michelle Obama:Support girls around the world on Giving Tuesday

 

Hi there, I recently spent an incredible week in Malawi and South Africa meeting with leaders and young women from the Girls Opportunity Alliance community and some of the inspiring organizations we work with.  I met with students who are part of Advancing Girls’ Education in Africa, an organization we support through the Girls Opportunity Alliance that is working to help girls stay in school and to prevent child marriage.  What I saw in these girls –– from their confidence to the power of their voices –– is something we all know: that education is transformational. As one young woman shared with me — because of her education, her life looks very different from her mother’s who was forced into an early marriage and never got to finish school. The girls in her village now look up to her as a role model for what is possible.  You can see some highlights from my trip here, including how Melinda French Gates, Amal Clooney and I are working together to empower girls through education and to help to end child marriage.    That’s the work you support through the Girls Opportunity Alliance: ensuring girls can pursue their education so that they can fulfill their potential and achieve their dreams. You can help us to push our work even further this Giving Tuesday by donating to our Girls Opportunity Alliance Fund, or forwarding this email on to someone you think should get involved. We just added new organizations to our Fund that are dedicated to ending child marriage and empowering girls through education globally, and I hope you’ll learn more about them today and contribute however you can. Thank you for supporting this work. My time in Malawi and South Africa made me feel more certain than ever that if we give girls the education they deserve, their future couldn’t be brighter. Thank you so much, —Michelle   Make a gift today to support girls around the world: DONATE             ⓒ 2023 Obama Foundation