They prioritize essential needs such as food security and shelter, as well as sending boys to school, over girls’ education. Likewise, poverty drives most families to marry their daughters in exchange for a dowry as a way to cope with economic hardship. As reported, many adolescent girls in Dzaleka Camp and surrounding villages are forced into marriage at 13 or 14 years old and dropped out of school.

HOPDEV is working to advance the future so that every girl’s child has the opportunity to go to school, stay in the school, and reach her/ he is full potential, we are working therefore with different partners to eliminate violence in the schools and the communities, ensure and make the school environmental safe to every child, and as well as to ensure that adolescent girls in Dzaleka Camp and surrounding villages are healthy, safe, security and educated. The most vulnerable Girls at school receive scholastic materials such us school uniforms, books, bags, shoes, pens, pencils, and for them to gain the good quality of education and reaching out their potentials, HOPDEV encourage schoolgirls to remain in schools and attend all lessons . However, we provide life skills, jobs skills, and literacy and numeracy skills for out-of school girls and illiterate teen mothers. We offer trainings in business development and provide microloans while the training is completed. With an increased income, families can make an effort to educate their daughters.