Every girl deserves a second chance.
We create pathways for teenage mothers and at-risk girls to learn, earn, lead, and live with dignity.
Our Journey So Far
What second chances have made possible.
7,000+
girls directly supported
80%
report stronger independence
200,000+
people reached through advocacy
1,000+
community leaders and men engaged as allies
4,000+
girls supported to gain bodily autonomy
The Problem
Overlapping barriers steal childhood, education, safety, and choice.
About 21 million girls aged 15–19 become pregnant each year in low- and middle-income countries. Many are then pushed out of school and into poverty, stigma, isolation, and harmful practices like child marriage.
Our Solution
Second-chance pathways built around her real life.
Through education, healthcare, protection, livelihood training, and community advocacy, we help girls return to learning, earn with confidence, and design the future they dream of.
How we create changeOur Programmes
Three pathways back to her future.
A girl cannot learn without childcare, income, or a safe space. Each pathway removes the barriers that pushed her out.
Second Chance Education
Flexible learning, childcare hubs and back-to-school starter packs.
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Livelihoods & Her Enterprise
Tailoring academy, sewing machine start-up kits and cooperative savings.
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Ending Harmful Practices
Rescue from money marriage, community allies and SRHR education.
Explore this pathway
Mary was married off at the age of 7.
Money marriage is a harmful practice where girls are given away to settle family debts. With support from our partners, survivors like Mary are rebuilding their lives with dignity, and today Mary leads and uplifts her family.
1,000+
money marriage survivors supported
12 million
girls married before adulthood every year
Our Partners
Media brands and partners telling our story.
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As Featured In
Young mothers have spoken. Funders and policymakers must listen.
The What Young Mothers Want Report captures the voices, realities, needs, and dreams of 166 adolescent and young mothers in Nigeria and Zimbabwe.
166 Adolescent Mothers Surveyed
Capturing ground-level policy recommendations to transform second-chance funding across Africa.
Donate
Give her a second chance.
A girl’s future should not end because of pregnancy, poverty, or child marriage. Your gift helps her return to learning, gain skills, and build a dignified future.
Her Voice Weekly
Stories from the field
Inside Our Second-Chance Classrooms
How community childcare hubs inside our classrooms have boosted attendance by 84%.
Marching Against Money Marriage
Over 1,000 community leaders and male allies gathered in Calabar to confront money marriage.
Fashion as a Tool for Healing
How tailoring starter kits restore self-worth and financial power to adolescent young mothers.