In many communities around the world girls don't have the same access to quality education that boys do. They are held back by poverty and the pervasive belief that girls aren't worth educating. Studies have shown the benefits of educating females and Her Star Scholars developed with the idea of breaking down barriers and helping girls and women achieve that access to school.
Los Ninos Con Bendicion has recently become a project of Her Star Scholars and it has joined with an equal number of boys and girls. Our decision has been to continue the sponsorship of these boys because as indigenous Maya children they face both desperate poverty and racism.
Her Star Scholars will continue to focus on the education of girls, but there are boys who face exceptional circumstances and when possible we will reach out to them as well.
