While our campaign does not start until 1st of March, you can already sign-up for Race for Equality, our annual sports challenge in support of the campaign. Sign up now!
OUR GOAL?
FROM 1ST – 31ST MARCH 2025, HELP US RAISE £120,000!
TOGETHER, WE CAN TRANSFORM THE FUTURE OF GIRLS WHO’VE HAD TO FACE INEQUALITY FOR TOO LONG.
WITH YOUR HELP: 250 DISADVANTAGED GIRLS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO OUR EDUCATION PROGRAMMES & 3 FEMALE ALUMNI WILL GET HIRED AS BRASS FOR AFRICA TEACHERS.
THIS YEAR, WE’RE DETERMINED TO ADDRESS KEY ISSUES RELATED TO EDUCATION AND EMPLOYABILITY.
In Sub-Saharan Africa, the scarcity of quality education and life-skills training contributes to the cycle of poverty. The majority of girls within our programmes live in extremely impoverished communities and cannot afford to go to school. We are their only form of education.
Additionally, young women also encounter limited opportunities for female employability. Only 31% of women in Sub-Saharan Africa are in wage employment (UN), highlighting the issue of female underrepresentation in the workforce.
This March, your support is crucial for paving the way to a brighter future. Will you #AccelerateAction?
GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN HAVE TO GO AGAINST HISTORICAL INEQUALITIES TO MAKE ANY ACHIEVEMENTS POSSIBLE. PROPELLED BY STIGMA AND MISCONCEPTIONS, MANY GIRLS OFTEN DON’T FEEL CAPABLE OF FULFILLING THEIR POTENTIAL.
1 in 5 young women are married before their 18th birthday worldwide (UN).
60% of girls in Sub-Saharan Africa do not complete secondary school (UN).
74% of women in Sub-Saharan Africa are unemployed (LSE).
25% of girls in Sub-Saharan Africa are mothers by the age of 19 (UN).
WHY NOW?
ACCORDING TO THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM, IT WILL TAKE 134 YEARS – ROUGHLY 5 GENERATIONS – TO REACH GENDER PARITY.
URGENT ACTION IS NEEDED TO ADDRESS THE PRESSING CHALLENGES IN EDUCATION AND EMPLOYABILITY. HERE’S HOW YOU CAN HELP:
GIVE ACCESS TO EDUCATION
Help fund an entire year of Music & Life-Skills education at Brass for Africa for 250 extremely disadvantaged girls and young women across Uganda, Rwanda and Liberia.
FIGHT PERIOD POVERTY
The lack of sanitary pads is often a barrier to girls' education in impoverished communities, so we are including them as part of our education offer.Ensuring access to sexual and reproductive health and rights is essential for achieving gender equality, as it significantly impacts various aspects of daily life. Our programme will include menstrual health workshops and the distribution of over 1000 reusable pads.
BOOST FEMALE EMPLOYABILITY
Help employ 3 new female Music & Life-Skills Teachers, all alumni of our programmes. By facilitating access to training and employment opportunities for female participants, they become role models in their communities, empowering the future generation of girls and young women.
YOUR INCREDIBLE TRACK-RECORD:
HERE’S YOUR IMPACT SINCE OUR FIRST-EVER GENDER EQUALITY CAMPAIGN IN 2020!
TAKE ACTION!
THE CAMPAIGN DOESN’T START UNTIL THE 1ST OF MARCH 2025, BUT YOU CAN ALREADY SIGN-UP TO OUR RACE FOR EQUALITY CHALLENGE, BRASS FOR AFRICA’S ANNUAL SPORTS CHALLENGE.
Taking part is easy! Choose a sport you love – run, cycle, swim, hop, you name it! Sign up as an individual or as a team with your friends, work colleagues or family. Set your fundraising goal and help us #AccelerateAction from the 1st – 31st March 2025!
SIGN-UP NOW!
Photographies by Geoffroy Schied, MUSIC CONNECTS and Brass for Africa.
