EDUCATION = CHOICES
Guéoul is one of those scrappy little Senegalese villages perched out on the edge of the Sahara Desert, hanging on for dear life. The Wolof people are survivors. They are energetic, bright, and committed to theiir community. These vivid and likeable and determined people manage to survive in deepest poverty.
WHO? WHY? HOW?
Friends of Guéoul is a Colorado non-profit organization. Our mission is the education of girls in the village of Guéoul, Sénégal (pronounced GAY-ool) whose families are too poor for them to go to school. Our support gives these young girls the opportunity to go to school based on their talent and initiative, rather than upon lack of money and other resources. Our main purpose is to provide them with the best education possible. Ultimately our goal is to promote empowerment and success of each girl into adulthood.
our girls
Friends of Guéoul supports young girls who, for financial reasons, are at risk for leaving schooling at a very young age. Our scholarships buys them time to be children and extra years of education which benefit them, their families and their future children.
our projects
Although our main project is keeping the girls in school, Friends of Guéoul creates projects that benefit the whole community like a computer classroom, after-school club and a volunteer program that introduces our American community to our African friends
donate
Every year, the scholarship program alone increases $1,200 to our budget as a new class is added to the roster. Your contributions, big or small, keep girls in school and connect Guéoul to the world, widening the possibilities for the entire community.
