THE Non-Governmental Gender Organisations Coordinating Council (NGOCC) has retrieved over 300 girls from child marriages in Kapiri – Mposhi.
NGOCC board secretary, Patricia Mukumbuta says the organisation is stepping up its efforts in ensuring more girl-children were retrieved from early marriages and taken back to school.
She said this when the organisation donated solar lights to girls who have been retrieved from child marriages in Kampumba area of Kapiri Mposhi.
Ms Mukumbuta noted that the organisation has been engaging parents in retrieving girls from child marriages to help them to get back to school through the government re-entry policy.
She said the NGOCC is aware that girls especially in rural areas do house chores leaving them with little time to study.
“Our thinking is that these lights will help stretch the day for the girls and help them to study when they are done with chores,” she said.
Ms Mukumbuta emphasised the organisation’s commitment to help more girls get an education.
She observed that the overall motive of the project is ensuring gender equality in all sectors of the economy which is affected because of the literacy levels among the girl-children.
And NGOCC Programmes Manager, Ireen Mukete says the organisation is keen to have girls participate in national development. – ZANIS
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