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After fire destroyed a girls' dormitory in February 2025, AngloGold Ashanti broke ground on a modern 400-bed replacement that will give students at T. I. Ahmadiyya Senior High School a safe new home. The two-story facility in Fomena, Ghana will be ready in just 12 months.
A remote farming community in Nigeria is constructing its first secondary school for girls with their bare hands after waiting half a century for help. Women and youth carry building materials on their heads along footpaths because the village has no road access.
A stunning new school in rural India keeps students comfortable in extreme desert heat using zero air conditioning. Ancient building techniques and smart design prove sustainable architecture can bring education to the world's most remote places.
Liberia just installed menstrual pad dispensers in public schools so girls never have to miss class because of their periods. The program will reach over 100,000 girls across three counties.
Chattanooga Girls Leadership Academy just earned Tennessee's highest school achievement award for the ninth time since 2013. Only 30 charter schools across the entire state received this recognition.
One thousand teenage girls in Nigeria just graduated with real job skills and received everything they need to start their own businesses immediately. Governor Dikko Radda's program gave graduates sewing machines, laptops, cooking equipment, and beauty kits, plus 300 will get paid internships.