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theirworld.org According to Betsy K. Emerick, PhD; the life expectancy for Afghan women is 44 years.   The Afghan literacy rates are 31% for men and 15% for women The average Afghan   woman will bear 7.4 children and 57% of Afghan girls marry before the legal age of 16. This is why she needs our help to make a difference by using social media to spread the word to help her continue Afghan Girls Schools. The schools are located in refugee camps in Pakistan that have been home to nearly 2 million Afghan refugees for over a decade.   The schools are currently educating 600 girls. It costs $85 to pay a teacher's salary for   one month,   a school uniform costs $5, a sewing machine costs $40 and you can give a girl a year's education for   just $55. For more information email: afghangirlsschools@yahoo.com

Due to the vulnerabilities of rape and sex trafficking most parents prefer to keep their girls home rather than subject them to the dangers of getting to school. As a result only 11% of girls in Cambodia reach secondary school. In 2013 the Lotus Pedals program was launched to provide bikes to young Cambodian girls. The program is slowly making a positive impact in increasing the number of girls going to school. lotusoutreach.org According to Erika ­Keaveney, executive director of Lotus Outreach International, the San Francisco charity that runs the program, “Lotus Pedals is a simple intervention but a terrifically effective one.” The charity spends $80 to provide each bike, counting the costs for transport and delivery, a repair kit, and a pump, along with project management and follow-up. In 2013  Lotus Outreach ensured that 302 young riders got to school. The program has identified 381 additional students who may qualify to receive a bicycle. There remain thousa