Project presentation
The situation of girls in Niger is particularly concerning: 78% are married before the age of 18 and face severe health and social consequences, including early pregnancies, social exclusion, and school dropout. In remote bush villages such as those in the Zinder region, where this project takes place, social barriers to girls’ education are deeply rooted and difficult to overcome. The distance to schools further isolates girls, leaving them in precarious living conditions with little hope for the future.
In response, the association Yara LNC (Yara means “child” in Hausa, a West African language) runs programs in Zinder and Niamey to provide access to education for more than 400 vulnerable rural and urban children and youth. With the support of the Fondation RAJA-Danièle Marcovici in 2020, the association strengthened its actions for schoolgirls in the four schools managed by the local association GRYK. The supported project aims to continue these initiatives for young girls and expand academic support, including a new boarding school in Takieta, a rural area, which opened in September 2021.
