We've seen globally that women's education is a key indicator for development, and it's extremely important for us as we look at the overall development of an area. Women play a vital role in the family and community, and for them to make informed decisions about household and family and community matters, they need equal access to education.
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They've proven to be extremely effective in mobilizing communities, going through an animation process of meeting with the elders and being clear with them about objectives, doing a proper needs assessment, and finally having the elders buy into the project so they don't see it as an outside or Western agenda. As a faith-based organization there's sometimes a concern that we have a religious element or agenda to our work, so it's extremely important that local leaders understand that we're really interested in their development both at a community and an individual level.Jack Norman
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