IMPACT CIRCLES
Elevating and connecting new reference models with vulnerable girls to amplify their education focused dreams
Every year we work with + 1.500 girls and young women from ten different peri-urban in Nampula (north of Mozambique) to keep them in school and develop changemaker skills.
GIRL MOVE ACADEMY WINNER OF THE 2021 UNESCO PRIZE
for Girls and Women's Education
Award-winning methodology with a systemic approach that expands access to education and accelerates positions of female leadership, based on gamechanging principles for new leadership.
Each Girl MOVER is activated as a role model and mentors 30 adolescent girls, aiming to keep them in school and boost their academic path.
They meet in a safe space twice a week, following a gamified skills and literacy curriculum. They share stories, building a strong intergenerational relationship.
At the end of the program, adolescent girls are more confident and prepared to pursue their educational path, averting child marriage and early pregnancies.
Ten years of impact track results
90 %
Girls' transition to
secondary education
(vs 30% N.S)
+ 2 %
Early pregnancy &
marriage results
(vs,. ^45% N.A)
^ 25 %
Population
literacy skills
(baseline vs. endline)
Over the last ten years, Girl MOVE developed and tested a 6-principles leadership wheel to faster the expansion and growth of changemakers' skills on young women and girls.
6-PRINCIPLES GIRL MOVE LEADERSHIP WHEEL
Bonding
Building strong empathetic connections, including vistis to families, establishing a foundation of trust that is essential for genuine growth and transformation.
Safe Space
Located in or close to the schools, these are physically and emotionally secure environments, allowing the circles to take place without external interruptions.
Reciprocity
Shared learning experience and mutual inspiration in which both mentors and mentees grow together, each exploring how each theme connects to their own lives.
Community transformation
Community-focused action, with mentors and mentees identifying how they can contribute to community development as agents of change.
Expansion of knowledge
Experiential approaches and reflective practices that emphasize active participation, hands-on learning, and real-world problem-solving.
Role Models & Storytelling
Crafting and sharing stories focused on their education dreams to elevate mentors & mentees as mutual role models.
OUR IMPACT CASE STUDY
Innovating and expanding
the foundational elements
of the "Safe Space"
Population Council
methodology
Many interventions are aimed at reducing risks for girls and expanding their opportunities revolving around the concept of "safe space". Following the best practises outlined by the Population Council's Girl-Centered program design, "Safe spaces model". Which emphasizes key elements, such as: a safe space, friends, mentors, family and content - Girl MOVE, with in the Impact Circles, adopted this approach early on. Over time, through experience and innovation, it expanded upon these foundational elements.
From a programmatic to a systemic approach
After being recognized by UNESCO, Girl MOVE was invited by the Ministry of Education to adapt its disruptive Mentorship methodology to In school Mentoring Program to foster vocational and changemaking skills.
"At Girl MOVE, I learned that the rules of the game can be different and that I can be the one to change them. Together, with my sisters, we have the power and duty to write a different story."
Rihi Dayara de Sousa, Mwarusi 2016
Estudante de Engenharia Informática na Índia 2023