With the conference just over a month away, G.L.O.W still require’s some assistance with transport for the participants, main meals for the two days and 40 sleeping mats
PR – Fourty schoolgirls in year 7 and 8 from Savai’i and Upolu are gearing up for the Girls Leading Our World (G.L.O.W) Conference in Apia scheduled for 13th and 14th November.
The two-day Conference will be held at the National University of Samoa (N.U.S) where the G.L.O.W themes of career guidance, health and safety, leadership and positive role models will be imparted through workshops, games and motivational speakers.
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Although N.U.S are able to provide a day venue the organisers still need a venue for the participants to sleep.
The Savai’i-based Peace Corp G.L.O.W Samoa co-ordinator, Allyson Miller, says the problem is that they lack funding.
“We as Peace Corps Volunteers don’t have enough money to pay for this kind of programme ourselves, so we are relying on the support of other organizations, like our main sponsor, UN Women, and even our friends and families in the States who are donating to G.L.O.W,” she says.
“What we would really like to see is local businesses, local organizations, local government ministries, and even individual people donating to G.L.O.W to show their support for these girls.”
With the Conference just over a month away, G.L.O.W still require’s some assistance with transport for the participants, main meals for the two days and 40 sleeping mats.
The biggest need is a venue with adequate facilities to sleep for one night.
Following on from the success of G.L.O.W 2012, this year’s Conference has expanded utilising 20 volunteers, ten local speakers and stronger partnerships with government through the Ministry of Women, Community and Social Development and aid agencies such as Red Cross, Pan Pacific South East Asia Women’s Association (PPSEAWA) Samoa and UN Women.
G.L.O.W is a world-wide Peace Corps Initiative that is designed to provide girls with the skills they need to identify and achieve their personal, educational, and professional goals.
Peace Corps has been sending volunteers all over the world to work at the grassroots level for sustainable change and 1,775 volunteers have been to Samoa since it was established in 1967. There are currently fourteen volunteers in
Samoa today.
Any local businesses, organisations or individuals willing to help GLOW meet the needs for this year’s conference please contact PPSEAWA representative; Mrs Miliama Lima on 25225 or email logoasa.lima@gmail.com
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