Youth Challenge 2023

Join Our 2023 Youth CHALlenge! 'Education Changes lives'

Despite progress, at least 773 million young people and adults lack basic literacy skills today. Education provides a way out of poverty, providing opportunities only dreamed of!

Teens across the country are invited to join our 2023 Youth Challenge, enabling vulnerable girls to receive quality education, break cyclical poverty, and rediscover the joy of dreaming big dreams.

Educated girls are less likely to be trafficked.

Educated women are less likely to die in childbirth.

A mothers’ education level impacts their children’s nutrition.

Girls with higher levels of education are less likely to be child brides.

Girls with higher levels of education are less likely to have children at an early age.

Educated women are more likely to know that they are valuable and have worth.

Educated women are more likely to find work.

Educated women are more likely to earn a higher income.

Educated girls are healthier.

A girl’s education has a huge impact on all of society. Our schools enable vulnerable girls to receive a quality English medium education. Over 6,000 girls in our schools are currently unsponsored.

To celebrate International Literacy Day, we invite students, classes and youth groups to organise their own events to raise funds for unsponsored girls.
$33 supports one girl for one month; every $396 educates a girl for an entire year, including nutrition, health care, sports and the arts.

"One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world."
~Malala Yousafzi

Youth Challenge Toolkit

Follow DFN on Facebook where we will profile the needs, post stories, and share about the creative ways teens are partnering with us this year!

JOIN US ON SOCIAL MEDIA

What can you do?

Sponsor a specific girl from our website ($40 per month), or help raise funds for unsponsored girls ($33 per month):

Mufti day at school
Host a morning tea
Run a fundraiser using Facebook Fundraisers
Organise a fun run or marathon
Pledge your birthday – ask people to donate instead of a gift
Dye your hair – highest bidder decides the colour!
Organise a PJ Day
Host an Art Exhibition or Market
Hold a fashion show or ladies’ night
Clothes Swap
Sausage Sizzle
Host a movie night – highest bidder decides the movie

We Need your Support

These girls have the odds stacked against them from birth, but an education can transform their future. Access to education does more than give a girl the chance to learn and grow–it unlocks the door to freedom and provides an opportunity to pursue their dreams.

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