Girls For A Change

Girls for a Change began as an idea in Santa Clara County, CA in 2000 with a group of energized volunteers, one staff member, $100,000, and a vision to create a national organization that could empower teen girls to implement social change projects that would transform the communities in which they lived.

In 2008, GFC launched its first National Tour to bring Change Your World trainings to more than 2,500 girls in cities across the U.S. and since then the program's popularity continues to grow. As of last year over 100 Girls Action Teams implemented social change projects, including a group of girls at our SWB site in El Salvador, and well as through a partner organization, Girls Helping Girls, with a site based in India.

On January 2nd the Futbol Sin Fronteras Granada Girls Action Team, or as we have dubbed it Chicas Para Cambio (CPC), had its very first meeting to begin discussing life in Granada from their perspective. As we move into the 3rd of this 12-week program, the team is becoming more aware of the issues that are important to them, and soon we will begin to develop and implement our very own social change project here in Nicaragua.

Without further adieu, we present to you a few members of our Chicas Para Cambio team...

From Soccer Without Borders Granada Project

Pictured left to right we have Helen, Tatiana, Evelyn, and Anielka (Zamari, Gladys, and Yorleni not pictured).

Felicidades to these girls for their decision to become a GFC Girls Action Team.

Check out this TNT video clip of GFC Founder Whitney Smith talking about the program as part of Pinesol's Powerful Difference campaign...visit the site and you may be inspired to make a powerful difference in your community.

We'll keep you updated on our progress here in Granada, of course. Until next time, hasta luego.