Changing Lives: One Girl, One Boy at a Time

Elle Peut Naidim (EPN)

Where Girls Find Their Voice and Boys Learn to Listen with Heart

Together, we are building a generation where girls rise with confidence and agency, and boys grow as allies, creating safe, equal, and transformative spaces for all

How We Create Lasting Change

Build Agency From Within Emotional wellness and mental health are the foundation. We equip students with self-awareness, confidence, and resilience to navigate external challenges.

Create Safe Spaces
At EPN, we know that lasting change happens when everyone is part of the conversation. That’s why our life skills programs are co-ed, giving both girls and boys the chance to learn, lead, and grow together. In these safe spaces, they explore gender, challenge stereotypes, and build respect and empathy for one another. Because confidence means more when it’s shared, and empowerment thrives in inclusion.

Engage Entire Communities. Sustainable change requires everyone. We train teachers, engage parents, and mobilize community leaders as allies in youth empowerment.

WHY WE'RE DIFFERENT

EPN Approach

TRIANGULAR MODEL

It Takes a Community to Raise a Dream

We believe empowerment lasts when it is shared. Our Triangular Model connects the people who shape a child’s world, parents, teachers, government officers, community champions, and men, to stand together in support of adolescent girls and boys. By engaging every corner of the community, we help young people gain the life skills, confidence, and support they need to live their dreams, and ensure no one is left out of their growth journey. Because empowering young people without engaging those around them leaves a vital piece behind.

EPN Programs
Five Programs, One Mission, Ensuring Every Child Finishes Strong

Happy Period, Happy Girls

A comprehensive menstrual health program that transforms period shame into dignity and confidence. Through age-appropriate education, reusable pad distribution, and safe space dialogues, we equip girls with knowledge and resources, boys with empathy, and teachers and parents with tools to sustain change. Since 2020, we've reached over 22,000 girls and 8,600 boys across 72 schools, ensuring no girl misses school due to her period.
The Last Kilometer

An after-school mentorship and life skills club that walks with adolescent girls and boys through the hardest stretch of their educational journey. Through personalized mentorship, self-awareness sessions, and gender-transformative safe spaces, we help students build agency, navigate barriers like early marriage, period stigma, and mental health challenges, and stay in school to reach their full potential.
Msichana Camp

An annual five-day transformative holiday camp for adolescent girls aged 9-15 that serves as a launchpad for leadership, resilience, and unstoppable dreams. Girls connect with inspiring women mentors, meet peers from diverse backgrounds, and build confidence through hands-on learning in self-awareness, body literacy, mental health, leadership, and creative expression. Over four years, we've empowered 100+ girls with 90% showing increased self-confidence and goal-setting abilities.
Mvulana Camp

A groundbreaking five-day program creating intentional safe spaces where boys can explore emotions, develop confidence, and embrace their journey to manhood. Through mentorship with positive male role models, reflection sessions, and skill-building activities, boys confront societal pressures, build emotional intelligence, and develop the resilience and leadership skills to become purpose-driven young men who champion gender equity and challenge discrimination in their communities.
Love Before You Teach

A Train-the-Trainer life skills mentorship program that equips educators with empathy, mindfulness, and practical skills to transform classrooms into places of healing, growth, and inspiration. Through hands-on sessions covering WHO-aligned life skills education, EPN's Life Skills Guideline & Manual, and mindfulness exercises, teachers learn that sustainable educational change begins with holding space for their own hearts before guiding their students through emotional and academic challenges.