Leave No Girl Behind International

Empowerment Through Leadership

Because empowered girls create an Empowered world

According to a Mckinsey Global Institute report in 2015, if women in every country played an identical role in markets to men, as much as $28 trillion, or 26 percent, could be added to the global economy by 2025.

What we do:

Leave No Girl Behind International (LNGB) is a non-profit girls’ empowerment organisation founded in 2013 and based in South Africa, dedicated to empowering girls and young women around the world to find, respect and embrace their own voices, talents and unique potential through leadership.  The organisation was founded by activists and sisters, Haseena Patel and Shameema Patel.

The organisation works to reach girls before they become statistics. The focus of Leave No Girl Behind International is develop girls thought leadership training.

Our mission is to provide the environment, opportunity and tools for every girl who uses Leave No Girl Behind resources and programs, to find her voice, expand her world, explore her abilities and talents, contribute to her community and develop the skills needed to be independent, goal oriented and financially stable as an adult.

6 Principles of Leave No Girl Behind

All love begins with self-love, and with this comes a sense of self-worth and respect for self. It is by coming from a place of love that one can act with compassion and one’s motives are pure.

  • Love is having respect and compassion for yourself.
  • Love is having respect and compassion for others.
  • Love is accepting every part of yourself unconditionally.
  • Love is recognising others for who they are and accepting that they are worthy too.
  • Love is finding gratitude for all your experiences and for life.
  • Love is forgiving yourself for not fulfilling your own expectations of yourself.
  • Love is giving without the expectation of receiving.
  • Loving yourself means being able to walk away when others disrespect you or put you down.
  • Love is recognising the worthiness in you so that you will not allow anyone to treat you badly.

Strength of character determines who you become. It means having the strength to walk unbowed and be in alignment with your personal sense of what is right, having the strength to stand alone or to say no when others are saying yes.

  • Strength is you deciding to get to know yourself.
  • Strength is saying no when you need to say no.
  • Strength is recognising the importance of YOU in your life and acting on that.
  • Strength is standing up for what you believe in.
  • Strength is standing up for others when they are standing alone and need a friend.
  • Strength is living your truth.
  • Strength is standing up for the right of others to live their own truths.
  • Strength is speaking out even when it is hard.

 

It takes courage to be who you are instead of trying to fit in. It also takes courage to walk a path you’ve never walked before. Courage is the first step towards success of any kind.

  • Courage is being YOU no matter what.
  • Courage is pushing yourself out of your comfort zone.
  • Courage is pushing past what you thought were your limits.
  • Courage is speaking your truth.
  • Courage is standing by others while they speak their truths.
  • Courage is taking action in the face of fear.

Freedom lies in using your voice. With freedom comes the responsibility to speak for those whose voices have been silenced. With freedom comes the opportunity to create change in our world.

  • Freedom is the knowing that you belong to yourself.
  • Freedom is being open to new things and new ideas.
  • Freedom is the right to choose.
  • Freedom is marching to your own drummer.
  • Freedom is growing at your own pace.
  • Freedom is in not conforming to others’ expectations, but being true to yourself.
  • Freedom is allowing others to be who they are without your judgement.
    Freedom is in not trying to control others to fit into your world.
    Freedom is in not trying to control everything.

When we take away the borders and boundaries that separate us, we are all global citizens of our world. It is in creating positive change for our world that we create positive change for ourselves.

  • Unity is finding the sameness in you and in others, no matter how different you are.
  • Unity is the knowing that together we can accomplish so much more.
  • Unity is the knowing that boundaries and borders only exist in one’s mind.
  • Unity is joining together with others to make a positive difference.
  • Unity is thinking beyond yourself and your own world.
  • Unity is stepping out and understanding others no matter how uncomfortable it may be.

All human beings are entitled to the same human rights regardless of race, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, gender, sex, political affiliations, or any other characteristics which are used to define them.

  •  Equality is recognising that all beings have value.
  • Equality is in recognising that the same worthiness that is in you is in all other beings too.
  • Equality is all people having equal rights to be who they are.
  • Equality is not one size fits all!
  • Equality is in recognising that individuality matters in all beings.
  • Equality is in standing up for that value in all beings.

Programs for Girls:

Young Women's Global Leadership Network

International community for girls: Support | Self-worth | Sisterhood |
Global networking and tribe for girls: An exclusive space for girls worldwide to connect, find support, sisterhood, and do it in a safe community where they can express themselves, be comfortable, build self-worth and self-confidence.
Join the program

Mighty Warrior Program

6 PRINCIPLES TO LIVE YOUR AWESOMENESS AND USE YOUR VOICE
Designed for children all genders. It can be completed independently by 11 and 12 year olds (or older children), while a facilitator/teacher can present and supervise the program for younger children.
Access the program here

Girls' Power Circles

In-person mentorship and sisterhood for girls
A safe, supportive space for girls to be in community, develop their leadership skills, receive international mentorship and training.
Read more here

Upcoming Events for Girls

Young Women's Global Leadership Network
Support | Self-worth | Sisterhood
Coming soon
Bubbles Beyond Borders 2023

26 August 2023
A Global Campaign to Support Girls' Dreams
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