Empowering Girls Through Education and Health (ASPIRE) is a four-year US$ 18.2 million USAID activity aimed at increasing the educational attainment of girls in primary and secondary schools in Balaka, Machinga and Zomba districts in Malawi, reaching 182,000 girls.
ASPIRE Key Outputs
Output 1: Reading skills for girls in upper primary school improved.
Output 2: Adoption of positive sexual and health-care seeking behaviors among youth ages 10-19 increased.
Output 3: Key structural and cultural barriers for girls ages 10-19 decreased.
Funding: $18.2 million
Basic Education $7million
PEPFAR $2 million
DREAMS $7,331,474 million
WASH $1.9 million
ASPIRE TARGETS
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Number of primary schools reached |
315 |
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Number of secondary schools reached |
36 |
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Number of adolescent girls reached |
126,526 |
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Number of supplementary readers and other teaching and learning materials provided with USG assistance |
343,440 |
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Sexual and Reproductive Health materials distributed |
10,650 |
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Teachers trained in reading instruction teaching |
8,190 |
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Teachers trained in gender sensitive pedagogy |
8,190 |
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Teachers trained in life skills teaching |
120 |
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Mother groups supported |
353 |
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Number of latrines built |
14 |
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OVC beneficiaries reached by PEPFAR OVC programme |
1400 |
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Girls readmitted in school |
1059 |
Geographical location
Zomba, Balaka and Machinga districts
Partners
Save the Children
The Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWEMA)
Creative Centre for Community Mobilisation (CRECCOM),
Malawi Institute of Education (MIE)
USAID Contact
Michelle Chen
Chief, Office of Education
Email: mchen@usaid.gov
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