Mens Program update- rebuilding after the fires
In January of 2015 there were church buildings burnt all across Niger in riots in response to the Charlie Hebdo affair. Some of those local churches have been in the process of rebuilding their...
View ArticleInternational Day of the Girl – October 11th
Today is International Day of the Girl. It’s a day, recognized and decreed by the UN body, in response to growing problem all around the world; the neglect and devaluation of girls around the...
View ArticleHow does the girl effect work?
Focusing on girls in the World’s most impoverished country – by Mikaela Ramdial Here at Niger Vocational School, girls are our focus. In a country that is rated last on the United Nation’s index of...
View ArticleMaking Bissap Juice- a microenterprise lesson
Making Bissap Juice – a blog by Mikaela Ramdial Most of the day at NVOC is spent in class sewing away or studying Math and French. But there are breaks and during those breaks girls will often bring...
View ArticleSewing, Menstrual Cycles, and Relationships
Sewing, Menstrual Cycles, and Relationships By Laura Trabadello What would you say is one of the greatest challenges that a young girl faces in an underdeveloped country? Aside from sickness,...
View ArticleA tough place to be a girl
by Mikaela Ramdial Last month our team had the opportunity to attend an amazing conference that is offered once every three years that focuses on women’s development across the World. At the...
View ArticleThe end of the School Year for the girls
*please forgive the lateness of this blog!* The school year at NVOC has officially come to a close as we celebrated the hard work of the girls on the last day of school. We hosted an open house for...
View ArticleGuest post- NVOC Men build a great playground!
When Paul was starting up the mens shop, there were many people who discouraged him, saying that trying to teach Tuaregs to weld would never work. They said they wouldn’t learn, that they were too...
View ArticleVisiting team and new skills building
This March we had the joy of hosting a team of ladies from Alberta, Canada. These ladies came to the Girls School to work alongside our staff and girls and to teach the girls a few new projects. As...
View ArticleYear end celebrations!
All of our students and staff celebrating the end of another wonderful year! Last week we celebrated another big day at our school for Girls. The end of year! Yet another year has passed of working...
View ArticleMeeting the hidden needs of women in Niger
One of the greatest needs of women that is under-represented in poverty situations, overlooked in development projects and a risk to their health and hygiene is one that is also not often talked about....
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