1.0World Vision Advocacyhttps://www.worldvisionadvocacy.orgKatie Taylorhttps://www.worldvisionadvocacy.org/author/kataylor/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="hApgMXuz7R"><a href="https://www.worldvisionadvocacy.org/2019/08/28/10-things-that-happen-when-girls-stay-in-school/wvus-bloggers-trip-3/">WVUS Bloggers Trip</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.worldvisionadvocacy.org/2019/08/28/10-things-that-happen-when-girls-stay-in-school/wvus-bloggers-trip-3/embed/#?secret=hApgMXuz7R" width="600" height="338" title="“WVUS Bloggers Trip” — World Vision Advocacy" data-secret="hApgMXuz7R" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://live-advocacy.d2.worldvision.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Photo11-1.jpg800534Seventeen-year-old Sarah Nakimbungwe holds a book that shares her sentiments - Stay in School. Summary: World Vision started a program called SAGE in Rakai. That stands for Strengthening community Accountability for Girls’ Education. The USAID DREAMS grant funds the work in SAGE. This program helps girls between the ages of 13 and 19 to stay in school. They work to build life skills and create powerful leaders.  The group and teachers who oversee the program choose leaders among the senior girls, called peer girls. Some of these leaders might even be girls who are at risk of dropping out of school, but they are girls who are comfortable speaking out about issues concerning girls.  Sarah Nakimbungwe, 17, was one of those girls. In her second year of senior school, roughly equivalent to high school, Sarah lived with her mom, who couldn’t afford school fees for all her children. Sarah would come to school and the teachers would send her home. They chased her from school. “I felt like I was tired,” says Sarah. “My next step was to leave. I tried to talk to my teachers and then Sarah [Magoba] came to me with the DREAMS program.”  The DREAMS program allows Sarah Magoba, World Vision’s community development facilitator to negotiate with the schools so that girls whose families have trouble paying school fees might earn some funds by working around the school.  In the case of the younger Sarah, her classmates rallied around her, raising funds to support her return to school.  Girls drop out of school for a variety of reasons, but lack of funds for school fees tops the list. Other things that keep girls from school include safety—the long distances they must travel— cultural beliefs about girls and senior education, and violence at home.  Girls at the school feel free to come to the peer girls and share problems they’re facing. The group of girls meet to try to resolve the issue. If they’re unable to solve the problem themselves, they can elevate