A Day of Silence for Girls’ Education
12:15PM Wednesday, December 16th through 12:15PM on Thursday, December 17th, 2015
Click here for Participation Form; here for Donation Sheet; and here for the form you'll need for the day of the event!
In order to raise awareness and donations for over 56 million girls around the world who are deprived of an education, from 12:15PM on Wednesday, December 16th through 12:15 on Thursday, December 17th, 2015, 25 members of the Springville Students for Human Rights voluntarily abstained from talking, using the cell phone, watching TV, listening to music, or using computers (for reasons other than school work).Each student participant was asked to get $20.00 of pledges from their friends, family, and community, which will be sent to the School of Leadership Afghanistan, a not-for-profit .boarding school for future female leaders in Afghanistan, www.sola-afghanistan.org These donations not only help this incredible institution, but pushes back against the forces of extremism that threaten our country and world
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