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 Director

Abibatu Sesay
Finance & Administration Manager

Isha Alie Kamara
Freetown Field Officer

Moses Ngaojia Jr
Tonkolili Administrative & Finance Officer

Kadiatu Bah
Tonkolili Field Officer

Eva Foreman
Fundraising & Campaigns Director

Sharni Minett
Digital Fundraising Lead

Jess O'Donoghue
Fundraising Coordinator


One Girl Board advisors

Fatmata Borboh
Advisor

Josephine Kamara
Advisor

Nicky Coker
Advisor
One Girl board

Maud Mukova-Moses
Board Member

Scott Gordon
Board Chair

Justine Nancarrow
Board Member

Grainne Tierney
Board Member

Torren Woolley
Board Member
One Girl founders

Dave Dixon
Co-founder

Chantelle Baxter
Co-founder