DfID said it took the decision to end its partnership with Girl Effect, which oversees Yegna, after a review of the programme. Photograph: Courtesy of Yegna“It was a total misrepresentation of what was happening here,” says Gayathri Butler, Girl Effect Ethiopia’s country director. Teaching a young girl is changing a whole community Habtamu, 19Nearly one in five girls marries before the age of 15. Girl Effect says Yegna reach 8.5 million people, or 50% of the population in Addis Ababa and the Amhara region. Despite the funding setback, Girl Effect are expanding the operation, which they hope to take nationwide.

Source: The Guardian March 05, 2018 08:00 UTC