By providing support for these aspiring athletes, Girls Gotta Run gives Ethiopian girls the chance to improve not only their lives, but also their families and communities.

  

 

We now support 14 girl runner scholars on two teams, Team Tesfa and the Simien Girl Runners, and are stepping it up as rapidly as possible. We provide money for 4 pairs of new athletic shoes and two sets of training uniforms, one for summer and one for winter, per year per girl. Additionally, we provide money for food ("calorie" money) to make sure they have enough to eat...running burns calories!... and  subsidize their coaches' salaries.  We are also providing shoe money for 10 more girls who are being considered for membership in Team Tesfa.

 

Our Organization

All  labor to administer GGRF, including that of the Executive Director, is volunteered, and most services are donated,  so approximately 95% of our funds go directly to provide new shoes* and other support in Ethiopia.  Contributing artists donate at least 50% of the sale of their artworks.  Many donate 100%.  We are being helped by a host of generous people from all walks of life, including members of the international development community and members of the Ethiopian communities, both in the U.S. and in Ethiopia.

 

 

For further information about Girls Gotta Run Foundation, contact pat@girlsgottarun.org.

 

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