12 years oldNepalKopila Valley Childrens School

She is a member of the first all-girls soccer team at Kopila Valley!

Ana Teresa

10 years oldEthiopiaSelamta Family Project

She finished third in her second grade class this year!

7 years oldKenyaKibera School for Girls

She lives outside of Nairobi. 2011 was her first year of school!

16 years oldIndiaShanti Bhavan Childrens ProjectAn artist and singer, she will graduate in 2012!

16 years oldSouth SudanProject Education Sudan

She was sponsored through our Poetry Month campaign!

8 years oldUgandaArlington Academy of Hope

Jesca loves writing, music, and playing ball in the playground!

13 years oldGuatemalaStarfish One by One

She is one of only two girls in the Starfish program going to an accelerated high school.

18 years oldTanzaniaAfricAids Kisa Project

She is getting ready to graduate and is looking at college programs in London!

Our PartnersHow we pick them:

Our partners must demonstrate a dedication to girls education through proven success in attendance rates and programming for girls. They must also show sustainability through financial documentation and they must work closely with their local communities. Finally, we look for partners who are open to frequent and in-depth communication, allowing us to form close relationships with them and the girls we sponsor.

Jesca Hima JancyMbithe KalkidanAnnah Elizabeth

PartnersInternational

Kochiro Matsuura, UNESCO, Director-General

LeadershipU.S.

Shes the First*{Campus} ProgramHigh school and college chapters of Shes the First learn to organize fundraisers, advocate on social media, and communicate with sponsored girls.

Were growing rapidly & aim to have 50 chapters by end of 2012!

National Tie-Dye Cupcake Bake-OffFrom November 1-8, thousands of high school and college students organize tie-dye cupcake bake sales across the U.S., to jointly advocate for universal education and fundraise for girls sponsorships.

60 teams raised

$22,400+!

Lindsay Brown, a NCAA-gold winning soccer star from the University of Notre Dame, held the first tie-dye cupcake bake sale in 2010! Her success inspired the

nationwide campaign. She visited Nepal later that summer to teach the girls she sponsored. She continues to raise money selling cupcakes, attended Google Zeitgeist and Clinton Global Initiative U, and was featured in a NBC commercial. In October 2011, she quit the soccer team to pursue her new dream: Sponsoring girls worldwide.

Shes the First was the involvement with the largest impact...My aspirations changed as I began researching Shes the First. I had been living within the four walls of my immediate surroundings. I was only aware and concerned about what was happening with me, my family, and close friends. I knew we were all healthy and seizing every opportunity at our disposal. I discovered that this was not the case for many children around the world...[I had wanted

to be a fashion publicist, but] now I am pursuing a double major of public relations and political science. Stephanie Guzman

City College of New York, Class of 2014

After-School Program: In 2012, STF is launching a social-media driven after-school program in NYC high schools. Girls who will be first-generation college students learn how to shape their online identities into platforms for their passions, causes, and career opportunities. Theyre challenged to produce a fundraiser to sponsor a girl together.