Help Fund PEVF: An Adolescent Educational Program for Girls in Senegal
The Grand Canyon Synod is active in Senegal not only with the Eglise Luthériene du Sénégal. ELS), but also with Services Luthérien pour le Développement au Sénégal (SLDS). SLDS functions much like Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest does, providing a community center, library, computer classes, sports opportunities, credit loan services, and Programe d'Education a la Vie Familial (PEVF).
PEVF is a peer training program that educates young women in the areas of reproductive health, sexually transmitted infections, self-esteem, communication with their parents and friends, and social action. In a country that still has a large population of illiterate and undereducated girls, such an opportunity is priceless as PEVF targets girls who do not have access to formal schooling. Except that it does come at a cost.
In 2017 the GCS was informed that PEVF funding, which had come through a grant originating in Canada, was cut in half. This meant that the program could no longer be offered in Linguere, a town on the edge of the Sahara Desert. For this area, the education provided through PEVF not only helped the young girls, but they share their knowledge with mothers, aunts, and other families. This is why the GCS has committed to raising $8000 in 2018 to help PEVF continue to do the important work it does for young women in Senegal.
To make a donation and help provide this program for girls in Senegal, send a check to the Grand Canyon Synod, 1818 East Morten Ave, Suite 100A, Phoenix, AZ 85020. Please note in the memo "PEVF Fundraiser."
Thank you for all your support! Questions? Please contact Pastorkarn@oslconline.org.
PEVF is a peer training program that educates young women in the areas of reproductive health, sexually transmitted infections, self-esteem, communication with their parents and friends, and social action. In a country that still has a large population of illiterate and undereducated girls, such an opportunity is priceless as PEVF targets girls who do not have access to formal schooling. Except that it does come at a cost.
In 2017 the GCS was informed that PEVF funding, which had come through a grant originating in Canada, was cut in half. This meant that the program could no longer be offered in Linguere, a town on the edge of the Sahara Desert. For this area, the education provided through PEVF not only helped the young girls, but they share their knowledge with mothers, aunts, and other families. This is why the GCS has committed to raising $8000 in 2018 to help PEVF continue to do the important work it does for young women in Senegal.
To make a donation and help provide this program for girls in Senegal, send a check to the Grand Canyon Synod, 1818 East Morten Ave, Suite 100A, Phoenix, AZ 85020. Please note in the memo "PEVF Fundraiser."
Thank you for all your support! Questions? Please contact Pastorkarn@oslconline.org.
The Global Engagement Team of the Grand Canyon Synod exists to encourage and foster increased involvement by our congregations in ways that connect us globally. This team collects information about what congregations in this synod are doing in these areas; makes resources available to congregation seeking to engage globally in new ways; seeks to identify champions for these areas in each congregation; and strives to strengthen our companion synod relationship in Senegal.
SenegalThe Lutheran Church of Senegal is the companion partner for the Grand Canyon Synod. Missionary Pastor Kristin Engstrom and 6 Young Adults in Global Mission
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