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Our President, Wanda Bedard, to Receive Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal Today!
60milliongirls Feb, 06, 2012Today, at Rideau Hall in Ottawa, our president, Wanda Bedard, is being awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in recognition of the work…
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Announcing our New Projects for 2012
60milliongirls Feb, 01, 2012Each January, 60 million Girls chooses the organizations we will fundraise for during the year. We are proud to announce the three incredible organizations we…
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Why Bother?
60milliongirls Jan, 16, 2012Am I really making a difference? It's a question almost everyone has asked at one time in their lives, especially when it comes to supporting…
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This Holiday Season, Educate a Nation
60milliongirls Dec, 12, 2011A well-known proverb about women's education: If you educate a man you educate an individual, but if you educate a woman you educate a nation.…
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Veronica Fynn at the 60 million Girls Annual Conference – recap
60milliongirls Nov, 22, 2011“I’m living proof that through education we can realize our dreams, even through the worst situations.” - Veronica Fynn, at last week’s 60 million Girls…
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Our silent auction is now on!
60milliongirls Nov, 02, 2011As part of our annual conference, which takes place this year on November 16th (more details here!), we are holding a silent auction to raise…
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Africa’s Teachers
60milliongirls Oct, 31, 2011We're pleased to see this fascinating post on The Guardian's Poverty Matters blog. It speaks with eight teachers from Uganda, Angola, Ghana, the Ivory Coast…
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60 million Girls and a wedding
60milliongirls Oct, 05, 2011When Phil Dollois and Tracy Livingstone decided to tie the knot, they already had two households worth of "stuff." "We had more than enough of…
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Conference, November 16th, with special guest Veronica Fynn
60milliongirls Sep, 23, 2011We are pleased to announce that our annual conference and fundraiser will take place on November 16th. Our speaker that evening will be Veronica Fynn.…
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Nelly Furtado’s trip to Kenya to build a school changed her life
60milliongirls Sep, 09, 2011The Victoria Times Colonist ran a great piece today about a Nelly Furtado, who's involvement in the building of a secondary school in Maasai Mara,…