Shields for Girls: Give a Rural Girl Her Ride to School
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She does not need
a miracle.
She needs wheels.
Every morning before sunrise, Fatuma is already walking. Seven kilometres on unpaved roads, through isolated stretches, in heat that drains her before she reaches the classroom. She is not struggling because she lacks ability. She is struggling because no one has given her a bicycle.
“Before I received my bicycle, I missed school two or three days every week because I was too tired to walk. My teacher thought I was lazy. Now I arrive before anyone else. Last term I was third in my class.” Amina (name changed) · CODEWA Beneficiary, Tabora 2023
| 😴 Exhaustion | She arrives too tired to learn. Teachers read exhaustion as laziness. Grades fall. |
| ⚠️ Danger | Long isolated walks expose girls to harassment and assault on documented roads. |
| 🧮 The Calculation | Parents weigh the risk and cost until they pull her out. Not because she failed — because the walk was too long. |
|
100%
Retention Rate |
40%
Attendance Increase |
<€30
Per Year of School |
💡 One bicycle lasts 5 to 7 years. The cost per year of education retained is less than €30 per girl — the most cost-efficient investment CODEWA makes.
Your Gift Gets Her to School
| Amount | Gift Name | What It Does |
| €25 | The Safety Helmet | A certified helmet for a girl already cycling — protecting the journey she is already making. |
| €50 | The Repair Kit | A full bicycle repair toolkit for one school cluster — keeping bikes running all year. |
| €95 | Half a Shield | Half the cost of one bicycle. Pair with another donor and together you give one girl her ride. |
| €155 | The Full Shield Best Gift | One complete bicycle delivered to one girl in rural Tabora. She rides to school on Monday. |
| €465 | The Class of Three | Three bicycles — sisters, cousins, or neighbours riding to school together. |
| €1,550 | The Village Fleet | 10 bicycles for one school cluster — enough to transform attendance across a whole neighbourhood. |
| Any | Your Own Gift | Every euro shortens the walk and changes the calculation. |
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