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Dianne has given us many reasons for supporting girls' education. Now is your opportunity to contribute and in doing so give hope to many girls. Click here to contribute to the GGAC Un-Gala.

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December 1 - WORLD AIDS DAY

Education is a powerful tool in the preventions of AIDS. It provides the knowledge and gives the self confidence to make decisions.

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November 29th - CBC National - watch interview with GGAC board member Alex Frastacky (5pm NW, 6 Main CBC, 7pm NW, 11pm Main)

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Support girls' drive for education -Maxine Crook

" I will go to school even if they kill me. I will continue my studies." - 17-year-old Shamsia Husainai, Kandahar, Afghanistan

- read the full article from metronews.ca November 17, 1008

Around the world, 66 million girls are denied their basic right to an education. Approximately 576 million women worldwide are illiterate.

Give Girls A Chance works to change these statistics through grassroots education projects in Canada and around the world.

In an ideal world, there would be no more violence, hunger and all girls and women would have opportunities for education. Unfortunately, in our world, women confront a variety of obstacles on the road to obtaining an education.

Recipient of the Month Lwak Girls School, Kenya Millicent, an orphan, is one of the many girls supported by GGAC. Through hard work she managed to stand 45th out of 199 students in Form One (Grade 9). Good luck Millicent as your new school year starts in January! --------------------- News Pakistan - GGAC supports two schools through Developments in Literacy (DIL) - check out Nicholas Kristof's opinion column from the Sunday New York Times - November 23'08. This also includes a video of his visit to the schools.	Dianne has given us many reasons for supporting girls' education. Now is your opportunity to contribute and in doing so give hope to many girls. Click here to contribute to the GGAC Un-Gala. _____________ December 1 - WORLD AIDS DAY Education is a powerful tool in the preventions of AIDS. It provides the knowledge and gives the self confidence to make decisions. _______ November 29th - CBC National - watch interview with GGAC board member Alex Frastacky (5pm NW, 6 Main CBC, 7pm NW, 11pm Main) ------------------------------- Support girls' drive for education -Maxine Crook " I will go to school even if they kill me. I will continue my studies." - 17-year-old Shamsia Husainai, Kandahar, Afghanistan - read the full article from metronews.ca November 17, 1008 Around the world, 66 million girls are denied their basic right to an education. Approximately 576 million women worldwide are illiterate. Give Girls A Chance works to change these statistics through grassroots education projects in Canada and around the world. In an ideal world, there would be no more violence, hunger and all girls and women would have opportunities for education. Unfortunately, in our world, women confront a variety of obstacles on the road to obtaining an education. *Give Girls A Chance* (GGAC) is committed to raising funds to change the world through education. GGAC is unique in that it identifies grassroots educational programs for girls and champions these programs because education is a basic right that is being denied to millions of girls around the world. Give Girls A Chance is a fundraising initiative of Tides Canada.	Thank You Thank-you to all the runners and walkers who joined the GGAC team for the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon. ---- Thank-you to all who donated books and visited our booth at Word on the Street -------------






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