01Zero-Tolerance Safeguarding Adoption
School-wide child protection policies with mandatory reporting codes of conduct signed by all teachers and administrators.
Creating safe, equitable school environments where adolescent girls and vulnerable learners thrive without fear of violence, harassment, or exclusion.
Discover how LIFT protects vulnerable learners, establishes confidential reporting mechanisms, and empowers adolescent girls to complete their education.
Partner with usSafe schools: The foundation for girls' academic excellence and personal dignity.
Gender-based violence, early pregnancy, and inadequate menstrual sanitation remain leading causes of adolescent girls dropping out during the crucial transition from primary to lower-secondary school.
The Gender Equality and Safeguarding Programme establishes strict, enforceable child protection policies across all target schools, accompanied by confidential reporting boxes and school-based female mentors.
When schools are demonstrably safe, clean, and welcoming, adolescent girls stay in school and transition successfully. LIFT operationalizes zero-tolerance child protection while empowering girls with dedicated mentorship networks across all 640 target schools.
Explore Our Focus AreasWe install dedicated girl-friendly hygiene rooms with clean running water and emergency sanitary kits, eliminating period-related absenteeism and empowering girls to focus on learning.
Adolescent girls active in school-based mentorship clubs
Schools with certified child protection and safeguarding policies
Partner schools equipped with girl-friendly hygiene rooms
Primary-to-secondary transition rate achieved by mentored girls
Female teacher mentors trained in adolescent guidance and counseling
District multi-sectoral child protection task forces active
Girls in Rwanda describe the barriers they face to staying in school and how they are overcoming them.
Follow classroom teachers and school mentors as they implement structured daily routines and observe how targeted interventions drive tangible learner confidence.
Read the stories“Our mentorship club taught me that my voice matters. With our school's safe hygiene room, I never have to miss classes during my period, and I now dream of becoming a civil engineer.”
“Our mentorship club taught me that my voice matters. With our school's safe hygiene room, I never have to miss classes during my period, and I now dream of becoming a civil engineer.” — Annet Mukashyaka
01School-wide child protection policies with mandatory reporting codes of conduct signed by all teachers and administrators.
02Safe weekly peer groups focusing on health, rights, leadership confidence, and retention through primary-to-secondary transitions.
03Secure, tamper-evident reporting boxes and telephone referral lines directly linked to Isange One Stop Centres.
04Provision of hygienic sanitation rooms, clean running water points, and sanitary dignity supplies to stop period-related absences.
Active
Timeline
2024–2030
640
School Safeguarding Focal Points
45,000+
Girls supported with mentorship
100%
Zero-tolerance compliance rate
Each school has a locked, tamper-proof reporting box accessible only to designated focal persons trained in child protection, with immediate referral protocols to Isange One Stop Centres.
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