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We raise awareness on social issues affecting girls globally and empower girls to utilize their strengths for a better, safer, loving and equitable world.

SEGEI empowers adolescent girls and young women through education, mentorship, and life skills development. We nurture girls to be strong from the inside out. SEGEI envisions an equitable world where every girl and woman feels supported and empowered to reach her full potential. We believe in the power of girls and women working collaboratively to achieve success. Our Key Focus Areas:
• Providing

safe spaces for adolescent girls to
build community
• Academic support through mentorship and
supplemental scholarships
• Leadership and life skills development/training
• Empowerment through positive
encouragement/affirmations

As our very wise grandmother and poet, Maya Angelou has taught us, we love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Learn more and get involved at www.strongenoughgirls.org. Ways to Engage:
• SEGEI needs PenPals, Ambassadors, Bloggers,
and women to participate in a Skype/Google
Hangout session with adolescent girls. Sign up
using this link: http://goo.gl/forms/mcDxBQEIXr

• Donate to SEGEI via our website

28/05/2026

This Menstrual Hygiene Day, we are amplifying the voices of young women across Nigeria who are breaking the silence around periods. Tune in to the Indi-Genius podcast and listen to their stories because a starts with conversation.
👉 www.strongenoughgirls.org/Indigenius

06/05/2026

“To whom much is given, much is required.”

This belief is at the core of SEGEI’s work and mission.

We are proud to announce that SEGEI is an official partner of the inaugural Pay It Forward Summit, hosted by the Scholars Equity Network, taking place at the Obama Presidential Center this August.

This partnership is especially meaningful to our Founder, , a proud alumna of the (Class of 2007), whose journey continues to shape SEGEI’s commitment to expanding access to education and opportunity for girls and young women globally.

Through our work, SEGEI has:
• Reached over 10,000 marginalized girls and women with sexual and reproductive health information and services
• Supported 50+ vulnerable girls to access and remain in school
• Equipped 80 young women across continents through the Evolve Mentorship Program

We are honored to stand alongside a global network of leaders committed to paying it forward and creating pathways for the next generation.

Join us on August 14 in Chicago.

Learn more, sponsor, or register:
https://www.scholarsequity.org/eventsandsponsors

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30/04/2026

From scholarship to self-driven success, and now, meet the latest Master’s degree holder 🎓✨

We are incredibly proud to celebrate , one of our SEGEI scholars, who has taken her journey even further by earning her Master’s degree!

While our program supported her through university, seeing her rise beyond that and pursue higher education on her own is a powerful reminder of what happens when young women are given the right foundation, they don’t just stop, they soar.
Jane, we are so inspired by your resilience, ambition, and the courage to keep going.
You are the embodiment of why we do what we do.

Congratulations, Jane. We can’t wait to see all the ways you will continue to shine and impact the world

24/04/2026

Recently, our founder visited the IMPUHWE Club at . These adolescent girls have been one of SEGEI's most faithful partners; fundraising for the SEGEI Scholarship Program and exchanging letters of their schools, their communities, their dreams, with girls in the scholarship program.

Their partnership has consistently shown that solidarity has no borders, girls are already choosing each other.

During her visit, the girls asked thoughtful and challenging questions that remind you that adolescent girls are paying attention.

To the amazing girls of the IMPUHWE Club, we say thank you for your partnership and we are cheering for you from Nigeria, with the same energy you have poured into our girls in the SEGEI Scholarship Program.

21/04/2026

To everyone who has supported the so far, thank you. Your generosity is already changing lives.

Every contribution, every share, every word of encouragement is helping us move closer to our goal of sending 100 girls to school in 2026.

Education opens doors, builds confidence, and creates opportunities that last a lifetime. And because of this community, more girls will have the chance to learn, grow, and dream bigger.

We are getting closer, but we are not there yet. If you believe that every girl deserves the chance to go to school, we invite you to join us.
No amount is too small. Every contribution moves us forward.

💜 Donate here:
strongenoughgirls.org/donate

💳 Bank Transfer
UBA (NGN): 1022180523
UBA (USD): 3002734562

Together, we can make sure the next 100 girls get the opportunity they deserve.

Thank you for believing in girls. Thank you for standing with SEGEI. 💜

13/04/2026

Some opportunities can change how a girl sees herself.

For T**ilayo Mesaiyete, the SEGEI Scholarship was more than financial support. It was a reminder that someone believed in her future and her potential to succeed. Today, T**ilayo is not just that young girl from Waru, Abuja, she is a Banking and Finance Undergrad, on her path to a brighter future.

When girls’ rights are recognized, their needs are met, and their voices are heard, they begin to see possibilities where there once was doubt. They grow in confidence, pursue their dreams, and become powerful forces for change in their communities.

This is the impact we strive for every day by supporting girls to; go to school, stay in school and believe in themselves and the futures they are capable of building.
Because when you invest in a girl, you invest in a stronger tomorrow.

07/04/2026

This year's World Health Day theme, “Together for health. Stand with science,” reminds us that science plays a vital role in protecting our health and shaping a safer future for our world.

But standing with science also means ensuring that girls and women, are part of not only as beneficiaries of scientific progress, but as researchers, innovators, and leaders helping to shape the solutions our communities need.

At SEGEI, we believe empowering girls with knowledge, opportunity, and confidence today helps build the scientists, health leaders, and changemakers of tomorrow.

Because a healthier future requires everyone at the table.

So don't stand just for science alone, but science that leaves no one behind

01/04/2026

We are celebrating our founder, 🎉🎉🎉

This past Sunday, Onyinye was awarded the Love Impact Grant by , a grant given to someone who lives with compassion and responds to the needs of others with love, service, and generosity in tangible ways.

We could not think of a more fitting description of the woman who founded Strong Enough Girls' Empowerment Initiative in 2016 and has spent nearly a decade building systems that change the trajectory of adolescent girls' lives in Nigeria.

This grant will send 16 girls to school in 2026, contributing directly to SEGEI's Next 100 Campaign, which aims to raise $10,000 to support 100 girls' education.

If you would like to support this campaign, donate at: strongenoughgirls.org/donate
🏦 UBA (NGN): 1022180523
🏦 UBA (USD): 3002734562

Or visit the link in our bio.

30/03/2026

On Saturday March 28th, we gathered from across the world to celebrate the SEGEI vision and all it has yielded.

We heard from our scholarship recipients, such as Deborah, Ruqqayah, T**i, and Mercy, young women who once needed someone to believe in them and are now reaching back to lift others.

We celebrated 10 years of education, mentorship, and possibility, but we also looked ahead to the future with these powerful words by our keynote speaker - Every Girl Can Lead.

It was an evening of celebration and honest reflection and we thank everyone who showed up, spoke up, gave, and believed, thank you for being part of this decade. And thank you for saying yes to the next one.

The celebration is not yet over because our Next 100 Campaign is still live, and your support has gotten us to hitting 27% of our $10,000 goal.

Every girl on the other side of that target is waiting.
Give today, no amount is too small:
Donate at: strongenoughgirls.org/donate
🏦 UBA (NGN): 1022180523
🏦 UBA (USD): 3002734562

Share this post. Tag someone who believes in girls. Together, let's make the next 100 possible. 💜

28/03/2026

We had a beautiful virtual event today celebrating 10 years of empowering girls and women and uplifting communities. 💜🎉🥳

What started as a vision has grown into a movement; one that has supported over 50 girls to stay in school, find their voice, and build better futures for themselves and their communities. And, over 10,000 women have been empowered with life skills.

Today, we’re proud to announce two very special milestones:

📖 The unveiling of our 10-year commemorative book,
“Strong Enough: A Decade of Building Girls, Communities, and Futures.”
This book captures the stories, data, lessons, and impact behind the journey - proof that when you invest in girls, you transform generations.

🛍️ And the release of our limited edition 10th anniversary merchandise, including our signature t-shirt and tote bag, designed with purpose and rooted in culture.

These are not just items. They are symbols of a movement. A reminder that girls are strong enough, and that together, we can do even more.

As part of this celebration, we’re inviting you to become a SEGEI Partner:

💜 Donate $30 (₦40,000) or more and receive a limited edition item
💜 Donate $100 or more and receive multiple items from the collection

Every contribution supports our goal of raising $10,000 to send 100 girls to school.

⏳ This special offer is only available through April 30.

If you’ve ever believed in the power of a girl’s potential, this is your moment to stand with us.

Be part of the story.
Wear the impact.
Help us reach 100 girls.

👉 Link in bio

26/03/2026

The day is almost here! 🎉💜

SEGEI is 10 and we are celebrating in style.
Join us for the SEGEI 10th Anniversary & Purple Ball - A Decade of Dignity: Empowering Girls, Uplifting Generations.

We have an incredible lineup of speakers, panelists, a spoken word performance, and so much more. This is a moment 10 years in the making and we want YOU there.

📅 Saturday, 28th March 2026
⏰ 3:00 PM WAT
💻 Live on Zoom
🔗 Register now: https://bit.ly/SEGEIAT10

Tag someone who believes in girls' power! 💜

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