Nonprofit Raises Money From American Weddings to Combat Child Marriage Globally [philanthropy.com]

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) 2/18/224:00 AM

By Glenn Gamboa, Photo: Apsatou Bagaya/Vow for Girls/AP, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, February 16, 2022

Hope Nankunda is fighting to keep young Ugandan girls in school and away from marriages until after they turn 18.

It’s a calling that began for Nankunda as a teacher, when she found herself spending more time counseling her students than engaging in classroom instruction.

“They share about the challenges in their communities, in their homes, and most of these challenges have a lot to do with sexual abuse, with being forced into marriage in exchange for food, especially in the lockdown,” said Nankunda, the founder and executive director of Raising Teenagers Uganda as well as a coordinator for Girls Not Brides Uganda. “They also have a lot to do with the increased cases of teenage pregnancy.”

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