Tell us Your Story
At the Trust, we believe in multiplying faces and amplifying voices.
We would like to hear your inspirational stories about your businesses, the work that you do in the community to empower and inspire women and uplift children not only in Africa, but the rest of the world.
Our goal is to create a platform where women and young people can go and find inspiration to improve their work.
If you would like to share your story with the Graça Machel Community, simply email us on info@gracamacheltrust.org
Story Guidelines
This category of stories focuses on women who are trying to make a difference in their communities through creating opportunities in business, empowering other women. It is hoped that by sharing your stories more women will be inspired to pursue their dreams as well as tell their stories to others.
These stories focus on how individuals are going the extra mile to realise change and impact in existing problems in their communities. These stories must cover the Trustâs key thematic areas, childrenâs rights, ending child marriage, womenâs rights and youth empowerment.
- clearly show the challenge you are trying to address
- the intervention or solution you have put in place
- outcomes of the intervention
- Your story should not be more than 1000 words
The Trust supports and mobilises civil society networks on issues of ending child marriage, ending violence against children, ending female genital mutilation and promoting childrenâs rights, to carry out advocacy and action across Africa. Special focus is placed on Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia where child marriage continues to be a problem largely driven by poverty, gender inequality, harmful traditional practices, conflict, low levels of literacy, limited opportunities for girls and weak or non-existent protective and preventive legal frameworks.
Education is a fundamental right for all children, which is also a vehicle for social, economic and political transformation in communities, countries and the African continent at large. Recent studies indicate a lack of progress in some of the critical commitments aimed at improving education quality, access, retention and achievement, particularly for girls. In most African countries, girls may face barriers to learning, especially when they reach post-primary levels of education. By implementing multi-dimensional approaches to education which includes core education, personal development, life skills and economic competencies, the Trust partners with funding partners, governments, civil societies and the private sector to improve education access.
The Nutrition and Reproductive, Maternal, New-born, Child and Adolescent Health and Nutrition, (RMNCAH+N) of the Childrenâs Rights and Development Programme aims at promoting the Global Strategy for women, children and adolescentsâ health within the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) agenda. The strategy emphasises on the importance of effective country leadership as a common factor across countries making progress in improving the health of women, children and adolescents.
Through its Early Childhood Development (ECD) plan, The Trust will seek to put into action the new science and evidence Report that was presented by Lancet Series on Good and early development – the right of every child. This will be achieved by mobilising like-minded partners to contribute in the new science and evidence to reach all young children with ECD. The Trustâs goal is to be a catalyst for doing things differently, in particular, to rid fragmentation and lack of coordination across ECD sectors. In response to evidence showing the importance of political will in turning the tide against the current poor access and quality of ECD. Even before conception, starting with a motherâs health and social economic conditions, the early years of a childâs life form a fundamental foundation that determines whether a child will survive and thrive optimally.