Organizations Filed Purposes:
Speak Up exists to transform the world on behalf of the poor. Our mission is to create a new reality for girls in poverty. We work toward this goal through educational programs, support of safe homes and practical legal work.
Our Girls Education Program began in 2012 with 20 girls. Today it supports over 1,500 girls in more than 30 villages in rural Bangladesh. These girls are predominantly Dalits, descendants from the Hindu untouchables, or very poor Muslim girls. They are among the poorest and most marginalized people in an already impoverished country. Our program provides daily tutoring, books and school supplies and monthly education seminars. Bangladesh has the highest rate of child marriage in the world for girls under 15 and, without intervention, these girls are at risk of being married and dropping our of school. Our Girls Education program seeks to break the cycle of poverty and child marriage by giving girls means to stay in school. Working with families and communities, we are building a new understanding of the potential for educated girls and are seeking to transform the way entire regions think about poor girls.
As part of our Girls Education Program, we operate a dorm, where girls from the remote villages can come pursue higher education. All of our occupancy expenses relate to the building which houses the dorm. The dorm also provides a safe place for girls to come and stay in emergency situations such as abuse or immediate threat of child marriage. The girls in the dorm are the first girls in their families to have the opportunity to continue with school and, in many cases, are the first in their villages. They are setting the example that generations will come to follow.
We fund the Alingon Home, a safe home for girls rescued from the brothel (their mothers are sex workers). Without intervention these girls would become the next generation of sex workers. Our goal is to do our part to ensure that no girl is forced into prostituition, and to see that girls rescued or removed from abusive situations have safe homes where they can thrive.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Troy D Anderson | International Director and Board | 40 | $63,500 |
| Allison Hoekstra Weber | Board | 0 | $0 |
| Samuel Girguis | Board | 0 | $0 |
| Kathryn Christie | Board | 0 | $0 |
| Paula Kendrick | Board | 0 | $0 |
| Bradley Bursch | Board | 0 | $0 |
| Deborah S Maddocks | CFO and Board | 5 | $0 |
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