Girls
Clubs

Global Family’s work in Canada includes community-based clubs in various cities across the country and the beginning of the ‘Just One’ mentorship campaign. We have seen great strides in raising awareness and community mobilisation against human trafficking.

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Global Family has been working in El Salvador since 2016 starting girls’ empowerment clubs in rural areas. In November 2018, we hosted a girls’ club camp that strengthened club communities and continued to teach girls about how to protect themselves from systematic abuse.

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Myanmar was recently been downgraded by the US State Department with respect to its efforts to combat human trafficking. We work in the capital city of Yangon as well as the states of Chin, Shan and Kachin as these areas have significant human trafficking activity. Many Burmese children are trafficked domestically for labor as well as into neighbouring countries for child marriage, sexual enslavement, etc. Our coordinators work to form clubs and hold awareness campaigns to educate families about the risks of letting their children go away from home. They have also intercepted several trafficking rings and been able to restore children back home with their families. 

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Global Family Nepal uses the Bhitri Sundarta curriculum in rural and urban club settings, which consists of foundational lessons designed to build a sense of community and friendship amongst young girls and strengthen self-image, social skills, and healthy habits. Club activities include children advocating for their peers, girls’ clubs that build self-work, women cooperating to keep girls in school, and community leaders upholding children’s rights. Other clubs aim to intercept girls being trafficked or trapped in abuse and restore them back to their families or guide them to a restoration shelter.

 

We are implementing a girls empowerment club in Falkirk, Scotland. Global Family has implemented girls’ empowerment clubs globally since 2007. These clubs serve to mobilize community members for positive social change, provide support and mentorship to girls, and prevent abuse. The club in Falkirk will serve girls from low-income families and communities and will gather weekly for a lesson and activities around being unique, making good friends, and overcoming obstacles in life. The club will be led by three adult, female volunteers who will be managed by the Head of Programmes. Volunteers will use a curriculum created by Global Family called Empower, which is used internationally and has been translated into seven languages. The club, by providing a safe and supportive atmosphere with trained and dedicated mentors, will foster empowerment, leadership, and healthy relationship amongst club participants. The club will assist young girls in developing a greater understanding of their uniqueness, skills, and career dreams and aspirations.

 

Global Family launched in Thailand in the northern area of Chiang Rai in 2016. Our focus is to work with tribal groups in this region (the golden triangle) to raise awareness and find local solutions to the issues of child exploitation and trafficking. Our girls' club curriculum has been translated into Thai (in addition to French, Spanish, Nepali and English) and builds communities of support for at-risk girls. 

 

We have worked in the United States since 2016, starting girls’ empowerment clubs and trainings which aim to educate child care professionals and youth about how to identify and intervene in human trafficking. Beneficiaries of this training include educators, foster care, the transportation and service industry, and anyone who comes into contact with minors on a regular basis. The youth version of this training helps adolescents become more aware of the issue, know what to do and how to recognise when their peers are affected.

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