We believe education changes everything!
One Girl is a grassroots not-for-profit organisation on a mission to help break down the financial, cultural & social barriers girls and young women face in accessing their right to education.
Our locally led programs team is based in Sierra Leone, with fundraising and operations based in Melbourne, Australia.
We are fully funded by everyday people (but we like to think of them as extraordinary individuals) - One Girl supporters who are changing the world with us, one girl at a time.
And we’re not just your average organisation.
We challenge the status quo by being:
Girl Led
We ensure that girls’ rights and voices are at the core of everything we do. We are led by them - They are the experts in their own lives and know best what challenges they are facing.
Strengths Based
We take a strengths based approach in our storytelling. We represent the power, joy and strength of girls & young women. No victim shaming here.
Locally Led
Co-creating our programs with the girls is a local team of passionate and experienced Sierra Leonean people!
Partnership Positive
We believe in leveraging the power of partnerships to scale up impact.
And through it all, we live by our values:
We are
passionate
We believe every girl on the planet has a right to education and we won't stop until this happens.
We challenge
the status quo
We're not your ordinary NGO. We believe in the power of doing things differently.
We are
transparent
We will always be open and honest
with our supporters and partners.
We are transformative
Together, we are changing the world,
one girl at a time.
Meet the One Girl team
Emma Hess
CEO
Sia Lajaku-Williams
Programs & Partnerships Director
Isha Alie Kamara
Freetown Field Officer
Fatmata Annie Turay
Freetown Administrative & Finance Officer
Kadiatu Bah
Tonkolili Field Officer
Moses Ngaojia Jr
Tonoklili Administrative & Finance Officer
Jess O'Donoghue
Fundraising Coordinator
One Girl Board advisors
Fatmata Borboh
Advisor
Josephine Kamara
Advisor
Nicky Coker
Advisor
One Girl board
Scott Gordon
Board Chair
Justine Nancarrow
Board Member
Grainne Tierney
Board Member
Bianca Collier
Board Member
Mannie Kaur Verma
Board Member
Elissa O'Malley
Board Member
Mariam Obed Fornah
Board Member
One Girl founders
Dave Dixon
Co-founder
Chantelle Baxter
Co-founder
