Supporting Girl Child Education

The specific problem that Save girl child education is solving is the quality of girls child education. in the remote areas of Ghana where poverty is so high. Children especially girls don't go to school at all. School dropout has become rampant in the communities hence teenage pregnancy. Save girl child education exist to assist this girls to attain at least basic education in the future. Currently, Save girl child education has provide assistance for 235 girls in basic education who are in school. Because of poverty in the most fishing and farming communities, the organization has implemented the supplying of stationary, school bags, footwear, school uniforms, food and other basic needs of the girls child to enable them to go to school happily. 

Educational attainment refers to the highest level of education that an individual has completed. Around 90 percent of the world's population had completed a primary education in 2020, whereas only 66 percent had attained a secondary education. 

Save girl child has managed to rapidly increase girls' enrollment and primary education over the last decades. The organization is targeting fishing and farming communities and advocating for them to send their girls to school and assisting the parents by providing school items for girl child education. 

Technology enables students to explore new subjects and deepen their understanding of difficult concepts, particularly in STEM. Through the use of technology inside and outside the classroom, students can gain 21st-century technical skills necessary for future occupations. Still, children learn more effectively with direction. 

Technology is so advanced, so much that it now drives business growth. Hence, companies maximize this to improve their performance, so they hire tech-savvy candidates who can contribute to their businesses. In line with this, school is a good training ground for future professionals. It can help these kids by integrating technology into their system through their materials, facilities, rooms, and even modules. On the other hand, kids nowadays are digital natives. Using tech for their daily studies can help them more than it can drag them down.

With the ongoing pandemic , we can see how important it is in our country. In fact, it has been tagged as the “silver lining of our education system” in a virtual round table called  last October 2020. “We are in an era of technology and digitalization. Save girl child education has maximize all of these and continue to help each other and find solutions to the challenges being faced by the education sector. 

Technology bridges the gap between quarantine and teaching. During the second quarter of 2020, we  recall how our education sector carried out online classes. Save girl child education distributed mobile devices to students, teachers underwent training to maximize digital learning, and learning programs were added to our TV channels. In fact, the  save girl child education TV team aimed to produce 220 episodes weekly covering all subject areas by January 2021. Zoom has boomed not only here but also worldwide, being used as a primary tool for virtual classes. Smartphones have become essential more than just being a luxury. Digital tech during this time is a need for all.

So, how vital is tech to education? We’ve listed some of the key benefits of tech both to students and teachers.

Our target population is the children, and youth who passionate about and wanted to change their lives in basic education through technology. 

Technology enables teachers to improve their teaching methods and tailor learning for their students. Schools profit from technology by lowering the cost of physical teaching materials, increasing the efficiency of educational programs, and maximizing teacher time.

Technology provides students with easy-to-access information, accelerated learning, and fun opportunities to practice what they learn. It enables students to explore new subjects and deepen their understanding of difficult concepts, particularly in STEM

We have recently experienced the highest graduation. Educators are collectively working harder to help students make it to the high school finish line and get prepared for college and the workforce. There is a lot of credit to be handed out for the successful graduation rates around the country (of course, there are still plenty of areas for improvement) but I think one shining area deserves a lot of the praise: technology.

Educational technology is needed for a variety of reasons. It provides an alternative method of learning for those who struggle to learn using traditional methods.

Technology can be used to address multiple intelligences and also to provide authentic learning experiences for students.” In other words, technology has made it possible for students who fall off the traditional path to jump back on and finish what they spent most of their childhood working towards. This may be in the form of taking remote classes from home, remedial classes in on-campus computer labs or even by enrolling in full-time online schools, public or private.

Having in-classroom technology more directly impacts the graduation rate by providing customized learning experiences. A student who needs extra help on a particular topic need not hold up the entire class, or feel embarrassed asking for that help, when there are computer modules and tablet apps available for individual learning experiences. Teachers who spot a trouble area with a particular student can gear that teen towards more exercises to master the topic. Of course technology is not the magic wand to fix all problems, but it does allow for more flexibility of the learning process which in turn makes it easier for a wider group of students to stay in classrooms until the end of the K-12 journey.

1. Students with disabilities. In 2011, 22 percent of non-institutionalized adults with disabilities had less than a high school education. If this statistic was applied to the general population, my suspicion is that there would be an outcry to reform K-12 education to have better graduation results. But for students with disabilities, there is no shock or outrage and that is something that has to change. The key to improving the educational experience for students with disabilities is better accommodations in schools and continued improvements in assistive technology.

Assistive technology in K-12 classrooms, by definition, is designed to “improve the functional capabilities of a child with a disability.” While the word “technology” automatically conjures up images of cutting-edge electronics, some assistive technology is possible with just simple accommodations. Whether high-tech or simple in design, assistive technology has the ability to transform the learning experiences for the children who benefit.

Here is a look at strides being made in just a couple of common assistive technology areas:

Alternative input devices: These tools are designed to allow students with disabilities to use computers and related technology easily. Some alternative input devices include touch screens, modified keyboards and joysticks that direct a cursor through use of body parts like chins, hands or feet. Some up-and-coming technology in this area is sip-and-puff systems, developed by companies like Microsoft, to perform computer functions through the simple process of inhaling and exhaling. On-screen keyboards are another area of input technology that is providing K-12 learners with disabilities better use of computers and mobile devices for learning.

Sensory enhancers: Depending on the disability, children may need to learn differently than their peers. Instead of ABCs and numbers first, a child with language hindrances may benefit from bright pictures or colors to learn new concepts. Sensory enhancers may include voice analyzers, augmentative communication tools or speech synthesizers. With the rapid growth of technology in the classroom, these basic tools of assistive technology are seeing great strides.

1. Urban students and the education achievement gap. Students in urban schools tend to have stereotypes attached to them. Rather than see these students as individual learners, many urban kids and their schools are often thrown into the “lost cause” category. Problems like deteriorating buildings and overcrowding often become too overwhelming for reformers.

In a 2009 article in the Harvard Political Review, writers Tiffany Wen and Jyoti Jasrasaria discuss the “myths of urban education.” The article points out that many people are quick to label urban schools as lost causes without actually investigating individual issues or how they can be resolved.

As with all aspects of K-12 improvement, finding the answers to higher achievement for urban students is a complicated process. I believe that technology can work to teacher and student advantages though. The implications of mobile technology in K-12 classrooms are still being realized but one thing is certain: more individualized learning is now possible. In cases where overcrowding is detrimental to learning experiences, mobile technology can serve as a placeholder teacher in terms of directing students and keeping them engaged in learning when the physical teacher is unavailable.

We are applying for this challenge because, the organization wants to scale it business to the doorstep of every vulnerable children in marginalized communities to attain a better education in the future. 

Mostly, their situation has become burden in the communities and a country as a whole. 

We hope that we can overcome the challenges by taking a strong approach to solve each problem at a time in various communities by so doing we can overcome the problem. 

Cultural or market barriers is  not our  obstacles. We have organize our self interns of financial assistance, but we want to scale to the number of children or girls for about five thousand (5000) lives in the remote areas of Ghana. 

we know educating girls is critical to improving their lives. Each additional year of primary school a girl attends increases her future wages by 10 to 20 percent. Educated girls also are likely to marry later and have fewer children, and their children are also more likely to thrive.

Save girl child education has managed to rapidly increase girls' enrollment and primary and secondary school over the few years. The organization led a nationwide media campaign and targeting communities and advocating for them to send their girls to school.

Girls' education strengthens economies and reduces inequality. It contributes to more stable, resilient societies that give all individuals – including boys and men – the opportunity to fulfil their potential. But education for girls is about more than access to school. 

By 2027, Save girl child education 

the past few decades, research has supported this conventional wisdom, revealing that education not only enables individuals to perform better in the labor market, but also helps to improve their overall health, promote active citizenship and contain violence. 

Those who get an education have higher incomes, have more opportunities in their lives, and tend to be healthier. Societies benefit as well. Societies with high rates of education completion have lower crime, better overall health, and civic involvement. Lack of access to education is considered the root of poverty. Savewgirl child education will have to face the fact that students will need to to learn in a flexible, personalized format — for some, this may mean having a more technology-focused classroom. Students will want their learning experience to meet their interests, time constraints and academic needs

The six goals are: (a) expand and improve comprehensive early childhood care and education, especially for the most vulnerable and disadvantaged children; (b) ensure that by 2027all children, particularly girls, those in difficult circumstances, and those belonging to ethnic minorities, have access to and complete their basic education. 

1. The organization shall Identify what you want to achieve. To develop long-term and short-term goals, it's important to identify what action we want to accomplish and what type of outcome you're seeking. ...
2. Set a deadline. ...
3. Set milestones. ...
4. Turn your goals into SMART goals. ...
5. Document and review progress.

Save girl child education theory of Change is a tool used to operate how short-term changes lead to long-term impacts. It is used primarily in the context of social and humanitarian problems, but it can be used in any context where human efforts intend change (such as problems of engineering, policy, or design). You can think of a Theory of Change as a series of linkages, where one thing leads to another, which leads to another.

Save girl child education theory of Change model forces the  create team to articulate assumptions. In designing the model, the team designates the inputs—levers—to manipulate and must state how these levers will affect an outcome. The strategy demands that implied causality be made direct. The model also shows the lope holes between things that  you can dominate and those that are not. For instance you may have some control over where you place some ghetto for slum area in the city but little control over existing principles. The Theory of Change will forces us  to find a link between where you place the slum and how principles must be amended. 

The Theory of Change also help to structure a team. state the nonfinancial value they intend to give and to connect that value to the obstacles through any assistance. This helps the structure team to focus— to say "we are working in aid of this, but not that"—and to show political, social, and systemic constraints.

A Theory of Change is used to define outcomes, and to indicate outputs and inputs.

An outcome is the humanitarian value that a team expects to produce, such as reducing the prevalence of poverty. It is described as a series of changes. Short-term or micro changes might include knowledge, skills, attitudes, and motivations. Medium term—or intermediate—changes may be related to behavior, practice, policy, procedure, activities, and methods. And long-term change affects the environment, social conditions, economic conditions, and political conditions. The outcome describes the "desired state."

To achieve an outcome, you must create outputs, the "who" and "what" of the design intervention. An output describes who is affected—directly and indirectly—by the design team's actions. For example, homeless people may be directly affected by your actions, while the zoning board, neighbors, and politicians are indirectly affected. The output also describes what is produced—the result of your product or service—such as the artifacts (physical, digital, or knowledge-based) that are made along the way.

Inputs, sometimes describes as strategies, activities, or interventions, are the things you invest and the product or service that you create. Investments, the resources used to start the process, include time, money, physical resources like buildings or computers, partners, intellectual property, etc. The process of design is a strategic input. The actual product, system, service, activities, interventions, or other "design product" that is made also acts as an input into your Theory of Change because without it, the cycle would not begin.

Theory of Change

Public education has an important role to play in equitably preparing all students to lead successful and happy lives, and helping America to prosper. But it needs a new theory of change.

Learning must be more student centered that is, it must be built on a foundation of strong relationships, responsive to basic needs, driven by student interests, respectful of their identities, adaptive to their academic needs, relevant to their lives beyond school, and not confined within school days and walls.

Seven Principles of Student-Centered Learning

If student-centered learning customized to each student's needs is the goal, how do we get there? Our theory of change is two-fold:

1. Teachers, who work closest with the students, must have larger professional roles in designing and leading schools.
2. Policy must enable and support innovation, by creating space, removing barriers, and creating a climate of encouragement.

Theory of Change: How to Get to Student-Centered Learning

But change should not be orchestrated from the top-down or forced on anyone. Rather, bold innovation and continuous improvements to traditional school happen side by side in a "split-screen". Over time the system changes organically, as innovative approaches to learning are tried, refined, replicated, and adopted by others.

Below are six action points to move this new strategy.

It is a way of taking responsibility for unavoidable carbon emissions by paying for others to reduce or absorb CO2. Multiple types of projects are used for carbon offsets, ranging from environmental projects such as reforestation, to carbon-capture technologies and renewable energy production. 

recent years, we have tried to perfect AI algorithms to act more human-like such as being able to make decisions. In addition, mobile technology is being developed with AI algorithms. Virtual reality is a form of interaction between humans and computers in which a real or imaginary environment is simulated. Users interact with that world and manipulate it. Virtual reality systems have emerged as a disruptive technology to improve the performance of current computer graphics techniques and to address the intractable problems associated with interactions between humans and computers.

Increased development in VR technology and hardware based on smartphones has recently led to popular interest in virtual and augmented reality. Research including graphical simulation, modelling, user interfaces, and AI technology is currently being further explored. There can be many forms of implanting AI in an application, such as algorithms in deep learning. AI is the future of engineering and it will bring advantages to everyday life by leveraging technologies such as computers and algorithms to promote regular tasks and advance tasks. In certain cases, AI can increase the efficacy of promoting and strengthening human activities. In the area of interdisciplinary research, virtual reality (VR) is recently emerging. Using computer hardware, software and virtual reality technologies can be replicated dynamically, such as VR technology with athletic training, simulation, and smartphone technology. VR can also be implemented in Industry 4.0, IoT, crypto chips, home systems, etc. AI algorithms can assist with this implementation. To avoid security attacks, high integrity of resources and privacy of nodes are required, and AI can provide a solution, mainly when used in gaming applications.

The aim of this Special Issue is to bring together original research articles and review articles highlighting research in implementing artificial intelligence in augmented and virtual reality systems. The aim of this special issue is to measure advances in mobile technologies with respect to the use of artificial intelligence and virtual reality. Submissions focusing on mobile machine modelling, emulation, artificial intelligence, augmented reality, and computing is welcome. We hope that this Special Issue also attracts research that can improve our understanding in improving games, graphical displays on mobile communication networks, etc.

Potential topics include but are not limited to the following:

• Autonomic and evolutionary communication in mobile VR using AI
• Bioinspired and adaptive VR gaming using AI
• AI security, trust, assurance, and resilience in mobile VR technology
• Collective and collision-based intelligence in VR-assisted virtual communications
• Application of AI in human-computer interactions in mobile virtual reality systems
• Application of AI in 3D user interactions in mobile virtual spaces
• Shared and intact mobile VR technology with AI
• Graphical simulation, processing, and advancements in mobile VR systems using AI
• AI-based technologies for mobile VR systems
• Immersive analytics and visualization using AI in mobile VR technology
• Multiuser and distributed systems in mobile VR technology
• Context-aware networking in mobile VR technology
• Data aggregation and fusion of AI in mobile VR technology
• Energy-efficient AI monitoring in mobile VR technology
• Machine intelligence, AI, and haptic technology in mobile VR technology. 

One simple way to incorporate diversity, equity, and inclusion into your business practice is through embracing the fact that people identify with different gender pronouns. This creates a more inclusive and accepting workplace, especially for the marginalized community, the LGBTQ+.

Here are 10 ways you can improve diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace:

1. Build an inclusive company culture. ...
2. Set Key Performance Indicators. ...
3. Involve the entire team. ...
4. Build a fair hiring process. ...
5. Pay attention to pay equity. ...
6. Sponsor employee resource groups. ...
7. Act on team member feedback. ...
8. Revisit employee benefit. 

Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) is a term used to describe policies and programs that promote the representation and participation of different groups of individuals, including people of different ages, races and ethnicities, abilities and disabilities, genders, religions, cultures and sexual orientations.

Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are top of mind for many People Ops teams and company leaders. We know that diverse thoughts, perspectives, and experiences can make each team member a value-add to our company. But we also know that we have much work to do to attract, retain, and engage talent from diverse backgrounds.

Rather than trying to “boil the ocean,” break your DEI work into smaller pieces so you can make progress and build momentum. Here are 10 ways you can improve diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace:

1. Build an inclusive company culture

The most important thing you can do to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion within your workplace is to build an inclusive company culture This provides psychological safety for your diverse group of team members to bring their authentic selves to work.

Begin with a basic understanding that differences are welcome and celebrated at your organization. Let each team member know that their feedback is valued—and encouraged—and implement changes that will build a more inclusive culture. DEI work is never truly finished, and this is an area you can always improve upon.

2. Set Key Performance Indicators

What gets measured, gets done. Set key performance indicators (KPIs) and hold people accountable for achieving them. 

For example, you may choose to set goals for:

• Representation: Compare the representation of people from underrepresented groups to market demographics or industry benchmarks. Set KPIs to improve representation overall, by job level, or by role.
• Talent acquisition: Recruiting KPIs can roll-up to representation KPIs, and may be assigned to your talent acquisition team and hiring managers. For instance, you may implement sourcing goals or quotas to hire more people from underrepresented groups.
• Retention: Compare the average employee tenure by demographics, and dig into exit survey data to identify trends for each group. Set KPIs around retention goals and key focus areas that should lead to higher retention.
• Promotions: Look at your representation by job level, promotion rate by demographic, and time to promotion by demographic. Set KPIs to encourage promotions for team members from underrepresented groups.

3. Involve the entire team

Diversity, equity, and inclusion is everyone’s responsibility. Each team member has the ability to impact the company culture, provide feedback, and refer candidates. 

We are getting more employee involved in your DEI efforts. so that you may have an entire army on the ground, amplifying your message and carrying out your values. This might include:

• Referring candidates from underrepresented groups
• Participating in employee resource groups
• Attending unconscious bias training

4. Build a fair hiring process

Once you have the foundations of an inclusive culture, KPIs, and team involvement, you may begin to focus on recruiting candidates from underrepresented groups. Take the time to build a fair hiring process, which may include:

• Rewriting job descriptions: Delineate must-have and nice-to-have qualifications, and remove gender-coded language, so you don’t inadvertently screen out candidates from underrepresented groups.
• Blind resume reviews: Remove names, schools, addresses, and any other identifying or irrelevant information from resumes so they don’t factor into the decision-making process.
• Utilize structured interviews: Ask each candidate the same questions, so you can compare them apples-to-apples and make more objective hiring decisions.

5. Pay attention to pay equity 

The wage gap is real—and it’s pervasive. Pay attention to pay equity when you make offers, and during each raise cycle or promotion. This is best achieved through building a compensation strategy, complete with salary bands, and keeping an eye on pay equity metrics like compa ratio, range penetration, and average salary. Never ask for salary history, as that can perpetuate wage gaps and enable them to grow over time.

7. Act on team member feedback 

Collect feedback any way you can—surveys, employee resource groups, or a suggestion box—and act on it. Let your team know when you’ve implemented their feedback, so they know it’s appreciated and taken seriously. And, whenever possible, share results from team suggestions. This can keep team members engaged in improving your organization's DEI efforts.

8. Revisit employee benefits

Many traditional employee benefits are exclusive by nature. For example, a holiday schedule that includes only Christian holidays, or healthcare benefits geared toward traditional families. Revisit your employee benefits to make them more inclusive. For example:

• Provide floating holidays to team members can celebrate holidays of their choosing.
• Choose a healthcare plan that includes mental wellness benefits, as well as benefits that support the LGBTQ+ community.
• Offer flex schedules to improve work-life balance, especially for those with caretaking responsibilities or high medical needs. 

Beneficiary Segments

I am Emmanuel Kwame Nkrumah the founder and the C E O of save girl child education - Ghana i rather serving my communities not a salary. We serving about 2000 population within 6 communities. 

Social and customer values position

Our organization social value proposition is simply a fancy way of describing the benefit that our product or service offering has to our target audience. It answers the hidden questions that every potential customer is subconsciously asking when learning about your products and services: “So what?” and “What's in it for me

Impact Measures

The social impact we are creating will boost our productivity in the future. 

Surplus

We have put some measure will use our income to cater for the children education. Once we are not profit making organizations Plan and communicate we aim to mobilize funds for the smooth running of the organization. 

Eversince the organization commence operations we have been soliciting funds from phyllanthropist, churches, individual and organization to run out businesses. We have started rearing of farm animals, crop farms etc. To run the organization in the near future without depending donor's support. 

Steps to sustainability

Before we start writing the sustainability plan, discuss with our project team about the various processes and mechanisms that can be utilized for ensuring sustainability. Along with discussions with our colleagues our should consider the following:

• Long term vision: You should know where we see your organization after a period of 5 or 10 years. If you have thoroughly thought of how and what will we do in the long run, half our work is done. Once we know the long term vision of our NGO, we can easily draft the various things required to achieve it. With the use of data and facts, we can explain to the donor about our long term goal and the processes, resources required to ensure success.
• Integrate sustainability in all our projects: It is always advisable to integrate sustainability aspects in our project right from the beginning. This would help us to develop partnerships and relations with relevant stakeholders at an early stage of project development. This would also ensure that once the primary funding terminates ou have a strong support to continue our project.
• Communication and Outreach: Develop a strong communication strategy so that our project results can be shared with a large audience. Well documented project results can help us in getting support from a range of stakeholders and donors. A well thought communication strategy can avoid last minute rush of donor search.
• Involve key stakeholders: Another major step to ensure sustainability is that involve and participate a key stakeholders in program development. As part of the project activities we can initiate multi-stakeholder dialogue workshops to involve relevant people in your project.
• Diversify funding sources: The most important aspect of sustainability is to diversify our donor base and to develop long term partnerships with donors to support our  endeavor. Do not just look at the traditional donor agencies but explore new opportunities as well.
• Create inventory of resources: Create an inventory of all physical resources that our organization can keep after a project ends. Some devices and equipments purchased during a project can be used in future eg. Training modules, camera, recorder, furniture for a school etc. can be used even after the grant expires.
• Use our donor database: we  can enlist a few donors from our donor database who are likely to fund our project. Keep in touch with such agencies so that they are aware about our project.

Ways to ensure Sustainability

When developing the sustainability plan, we make sure that we have invested time thinking about it and are not merely writing it because the donor has asked for it. Most donors look very carefully at the sustainability plan of our proposal, as this gives them an assurance that their fund will have a long term impact and will continue to provide benefits to the target community even after the grant expires.

When writing this section providing answers to the following set of questions can help us draft the sustainability plan for our project:

How will we  ensure financial sustainability?

Develop a financial plan outlining the various options available for expanding our resource stream. We may have to undertake proper research to understand about the various options that can be used to maintain a steady flow of funds. Also this will help us to understand our potential donors and their priority areas. Some of the options that can be used by us are:

• Diversifying donors: Look at various options through which we can get dome funding, this includes from corporate houses, local institutions, individuals etc.
• Membership fees: we  can charge annual fee from all your members, this may be a small amount but can help us in continuing some of the project activities.
• Online Fundraising: Online fundraising can help us reach a wide audience and individuals who like your project can fund us. 
• In Kind donations: We do not just look at financial support from agencies as in-kind support can also help us in sustaining some of our project activities.

What are the ways to achieve Institutional and Organizational Sustainability?

• Explore new opportunities: Keep a flexible approach while looking for new opportunities we may have to modify our priorities to adopt to changes.
• Develop new partnerships: To develop a sustainable organization we  should develop new partnerships. These partnerships will make us stable and will also help us in taking our mission ahead.
• Boost existing relations: Along with investing time and energy on developing new partnerships it is equally important that we manage existing relations with donors, stakeholders and beneficiaries in a proper way.
• Communication and Outreach: Have a strong communication strategy that can help us in showcasing our project results to a large audience. Have a monthly communication plan that can be used for updating our webpage, social media profile, sending donor mails etc.
• Volunteer engagement: one of the strategies that many our NGOs use to sustain their projects is through engaging volunteers for performing some activities. As volunteers do not take any salary we can use this human resource to continue our mission without spending money.