To celebrate International Day of the Girl Child, GGP interviewed girls who have participated in our programmes to understand what motivates them. Another wonderful contribution from one of our Girls, who provides her perspectives on community leadership, and the power of mothers in motivating and supporting young girls in education.
1. Where are you from?
I am from Pakistan
2. What was your community development project about?
In our community people are in the view that girls are not for education and that studies is just a waste of time and money so they do not allow girls to study. Girls are in the difficulties of poor situations that’s why I started a project for uneducated girls. In this project I inspired their parents for their education.
3. What do you think makes a good leader?
In my view, a good leader should report a girls performance every day, notice a carelessness in their performance and next time give them guidance to improve their performance.
4. What is the hardest thing about being a girl today?
In my view of knowledge I think the most difficult thing in the modern world of 21st century is getting education for girls because of their poverty and in most houses parents care about boys education and not girls education.
5. What motivates you to do community work?
My mother encourages my project!
6. Who do you think is a good leader? What do you like about them?
Mothers are the best leaders in our lives especially for girls when a one educated women will birth an educated nation.
7. What are your biggest hopes for your future?
My mother is a brighter sign of my future, she has a great desire for me and I hope one day she will be able to bright my future.
8. If you could give 3 tips to a young girl growing up, what would they be?
If I give 3 advice to her. First of all she should make a proper time table of any thing like time for work and time for study. 2nd, she should get advice from her elders and 3rd, she should follow time table, discipline and guidance from learners.