12:00noon: Howe Sound Brew Pub

Melissa Deally is the owner of Your Guided Health Journey and an Integrative Mind Body Health Practitioner.  She has also been a Girl Guided Leader since 2005, and is the Co-Founder of Girls Matter, along with Malcolm Trevena and Megin Alvarez. Melissa's desire to help educate more girls in third world countries, came from taking her Girl Guides to see the Girls Rising Documentary about 10 years ago, but she didn't know how.  At the end of December 2016, she attended a conference  where she learned, you don't have to know how, you just have to have passion and share it with others, and the how will resolve itself!  From that Girls Matter was born and in the last 6 years we have helped 9 girls complete High School and 1 complete University.  We currently have 2 more girls in University, with 1 graduating this December, and 4 more girls going through highschool. 

My talk will be introducing you to why we decided to create our own non-profit, rather than just donate funds, and how we support our girls, as well as introducing you to some of the girls we are currently supporting. 

Girls Matter’s vision is to support education of girls in developing countries, to increase the respect, visibility and equality for girls in their communities.
Girls Matter’s mission is to increase access to financial support for girls’ high school and / or post secondary education in developing countries.

Read Melissa's bio: Our Team | Girls Matter
Website: Girls Matter | Supporting education of girls in developing countries