According to the BBC Afghanistan correspondent, the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, which bans girls from attending university, also prevents girls from leaving the country to study abroad.

As the Foundation, we have donated to One Girl Can Society, a charity organisation registered in Canada and Kenya, which supports every step of a girl’s life-changing journey from the moment she leaves primary school until the day she finds a significant job. The Foundation received a letter of thanks from the society regarding the donation.

It Is Possible To Raise A Generation, One Girl At A Time

Regarding the donation, Uğur Tatlıcı, Executive Board Member of our Foundation, said: “Girls need to be well educated in order for future generations to grow up healthy. Even a modest donation will help drive a cycle of empowerment that will raise up a generation, one girl at a time. Because when you help one girl overcome the pressures of poverty and gender inequality, she can do the same for another. Every gift, big or small, will help empower a generation of girls.“

One Girl Can Society

One Girl Can was founded in 2008 by South African-born Lotte Davis to help break the cycle of poverty and increase gender equality through education. Activities first began in some of the poorest areas of Kenya. Recognising that a safe learning environment is essential to support girls’ education, girls’ schools were built and renovated.

One Girl Can Society creates opportunities for young women through a holistic model of education, mentoring and training. One Girl Can now proudly sponsors more than 1,000 girls. Many of the students enter medical school, and become engineers, lawyers, technologists and business professionals. The mentoring programme runs from the time the girls start secondary school until their final year of university. The programme currently mentors more than 11,000 students annually.