Airtel Launch Girl Empowerment Program for secondary school

The Girl Empowerment Program” under the theme ” Build Your Future”, aimed at empowering Secondary school girls Saturday 10th March 2012, As part of our Corporate Social Responsibility initiative, Airtel Tanzania has today launch ”The Girl Empowerment Program” under the theme ” Build Your Future”, aimed at empowering Secondary school girls aged 14 to 18 years, in achieving their future career goals and build self confidence amongst young women. The Girl Empowerment Program is key to Airtel as it goes hand in hand with Airtel’s mission of educating the girl child and creating brand loyalty. Apart from the fact that they need clear rules, consistent consequences for breaking rules and encouragement to do their best, young girls need opportunities outside of school curriculum to learn and develop new skills and interests with other youth and adults. Speaking during the launch held at Canossa Girls Secondary School in Tegeta, Dar es Salam Airtel customer Care Director Adrianna Lyamba said ”Today we kick start the program this quarter with “Canossa Girls Secondary School in Tegeta, The Girl Empowerment Program will be an ongoing program which will be done quarterly to Girls Secondary Schools around Tanzania and in this program we will be covering different topics relating to career management, building self confidence and making the right decisions in life. We will be requesting our own employees to volunteer to speak in schools and share their career experiences and skills with the students. This will enable the students understand what it takes to build a career and select the right career path in life”. “There is the say that saying, when you educate a women you have educated the whole community, we therefore believe the knowledge acquired will be a great significance to girl’s destiny and for the upcoming generation. She added We are highly committed towards supporting Tanzanian community, apart from Girl empowerment program we have been supporting education sector through Shule yetu program were we provide books to Secondary schools in the country, our aim is to improve education level through availability books to secondary schools students. Since we started our books support programme, approximately seven years ago, we have reached more than 800 secondary schools that are spread across the country”