Black Friday? Sleep in! #SmallBizSat is Nov 28. Get ready to show your love for the businesses that make your community special. Get up, get out, and #ShopSmall. Come to Global Village for unique handcrafted gifts from all over the world. This year your purchases will benefit GirlsEmpo,
WHAT IS GIRLS' EMPO?
In Spanish, it's Asociacion Empoderamiento, association for empowerment. Founded by former Peorian Annie Richey, it's a group that encourages children in a rural area of northern Guatemala to continue in school beyond the primary grades.
One of its programs is a self-esteem building program for girls that combines play, discussions, and mentoring.
When you shop at Global Village on Small Business Saturday, November 28, 20% of your purchase will go to GirlsEmpo to support the mentoring program in the Dulce River valley.
Members of the Peoria Chapter of the National Organization for Women will distribute GirlsEmpo information and help you shop. We'll open at 10:00 AM.
Come early for a great selection and free Fair Trade coffee!
WHAT IS GIRLS' EMPO?
In Spanish, it's Asociacion Empoderamiento, association for empowerment. Founded by former Peorian Annie Richey, it's a group that encourages children in a rural area of northern Guatemala to continue in school beyond the primary grades.
One of its programs is a self-esteem building program for girls that combines play, discussions, and mentoring.
When you shop at Global Village on Small Business Saturday, November 28, 20% of your purchase will go to GirlsEmpo to support the mentoring program in the Dulce River valley.
Members of the Peoria Chapter of the National Organization for Women will distribute GirlsEmpo information and help you shop. We'll open at 10:00 AM.
Come early for a great selection and free Fair Trade coffee!
First day of school. Source GirlsEmp.org
From the GirlsEmpo website: "In January 2014, ASOEMPO in partnership with the Village of Barra de Lámpara and the parents of ten villages founded a secondary school and started operating school boats to address the high rate of adolescent girls and boys out of school. We put the word out on the river: If you want to go to school, we’ll drive by your village and pick you up.
"More than 100 children ages 12-18 from ten rural communities enrolled—half of them girls. Within only two months, the school was recognized by the Ministry of Education as a public school and within five months, the Ministry and the municipal government of Livingston committed to help fund teachers beginning in 2015.
"And so the Instituto Nacional Educación Básica de Barra de Lámpara came into being. Together with many collaborators and supporters, we have created a sustainable solution for secondary education in our rural area—essential to empowering girls and benefiting all youth."
"More than 100 children ages 12-18 from ten rural communities enrolled—half of them girls. Within only two months, the school was recognized by the Ministry of Education as a public school and within five months, the Ministry and the municipal government of Livingston committed to help fund teachers beginning in 2015.
"And so the Instituto Nacional Educación Básica de Barra de Lámpara came into being. Together with many collaborators and supporters, we have created a sustainable solution for secondary education in our rural area—essential to empowering girls and benefiting all youth."
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