OUR STORY

Girl Child Concerns (GCC) is a registered non-profit organization dedicated to elevating lives of youth, particularly girls through improved education opportunities.

ABOUT US

Girl Child Concerns was established in 2003 with the goal of improving the lives of vulnerable girls and their families by addressing the inequality in access to formal education experienced by girls from poor, rural and disadvantaged communities especially in the northern part of Nigeria and Africa. Girl Child Concerns has continuously sought ways of improving the lives of girls and women through innovative and sustainable ways such as economic empowerment, Health, Education and awareness as well as training communities to be responsible citizens and encourage accountability. The organization has empowered and promoted girl child education and provided educational support to young people through its Female Students Scholarships Scheme (FSSS), Safe Spaces, and life skills development in Kaduna, Plateau, Katsina, Yobe, Kebbi, Sokoto, Zamfara and Borno States in Nigeria and through its partners in Ethiopia and Ghana. In addition, GCC has established GCC Girls Academy (a boarding secondary school for IDP girls) and Mohammed VI Vocational Training Institute in Maiduguri, Borno State for training and integration of youth (boys and girls) affected by the insurgency in Northeast Nigeria and the Lake Chad Region.

OBJECTIVES

To increase Girl’s enrollment, retention and completion of secondary education.
To create community awareness and sustain the interest of community members in a girls child education..
To build the confidence of girls to have a focus on pursuing education and empower them to be responsible members of society.
To reduce early marriage.
To improve the reproductive health of young people.
To address the special needs of married adolescent, providing them with the opportunities to develop to their highest potentials.

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OUR PARTNERS

GCC believes in the power of partnerships and collaborative efforts to bring about change for children. We have a rich history of partnering with multinational corporations and national companies who share our commitment to children. We work closely with our partners to identify, design and implement initiatives and build mutually beneficial partnerships.