HRH the Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg donates to a UNESCO project to empower girls and participates in the regional meeting of the UNESCO Associated Schools Project Network
10-02-2006 10:00 am As Honorary President of the “Fondation du Grand-Duc Henri et de la Grande-Duchesse Maria Teresa”, Her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg donated € 70,000 to a UNESCO education project benefiting about 4,500 adolescent girls in Bangladesh, Nepal, India and Pakistan. The multi-disciplinary project, Breaking the Poverty Cycle of Women: Empowering Adolescent Girls to Become Agents of Social Transformation, offers a broad-based capacity- building programme composed of literacy, life skills, science education, vocational training with access to ICTs, as well as micro-finance.
The donation follows Her Royal Highness’s visits to three project centres in the region of Madhupur in November 2003, where she talked to and encouraged girls benefiting from the project.
Furthermore, Her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg attended the meeting of national coordinators of the UNESCO Associated Schools Project Network (ASPnet) of the Northern America/Europe region, which took place in Luxembourg from 10 to 14 May 2005.
The meeting was held under the title “ Education for Peace and Sustainable Development: The role of the UNESCO Associated Schools.” The meeting aimed at redefining the future orientation of the ASPnet in the region. In her capacity as UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, Her Royal Highness assisted in the presentation of the projects of the Associated Schools in Luxembourg, in the presence of pupils and teachers.
