Girls Arise Initiative

The Girls Arise meeting started with praise and worship. Sis Tope revised the previous meeting topic “empowerment” with the girls. She discussed “Value” with the girls. Opeyemi defined value as a worth of something. Calister said value is an esteem that an individual or the societies cherish. Aunty Tope defined value as principle or standard of behavior. It also means one’s judgment of what is important in life e.g. respect, charity, excellence, she said. It means guidelines or principles that assist you to decide what s right and what is wrong and how to act in various situations. She then asked, is it good to have values? All the girls replied “Yes”. Aunty Tope mentioned Integrity as an importance of value. What is Integrity?, she asked the girls. Semilore said it is an act of having a moral principle. Calister said it is being bold. Aunty Tope said integrity is the quality of being honest, hardworking and having strong moral principle. It is also doing a right...

  The Girls Arise meeting came timely with the celebration of the International Day of the Girl Child which theme was Empower Girls. Sis Tope discussed verbosely with the girls about Girls Empowerment. Sis Tope defined Empowerment as increasing in spiritual, political, social and economic strengthening of a girl child. She talked about the importance of empowerment-    It improves decision making ability   It helps to increase access to information and readiness to learn Empowerment gives youth positive mindset. After Sis Tope discussed Empowerment with the girls, a five-man panelist was selected among the girls to talk and educate others about Empower Girls. Comfort Augustine said empowerment is assisting the girl child socially and economically. Blessing Chijioke said it means to support girls so that they can achieve their desired goals. Chiamaka Chukwuka said it means helping the girls to realize their goals and aspirations. Mrs. A...