Go Girls is a school based program is designed to provide girls aged 12-14 years with information to help them make informed choices about healthy active living and support them in dealing with the emotional, social, and cultural issues they may face.

Go Girls incorporates fun, educational games and activities to stimulate mentor/participant relationship building as well as self-reflection and group discussions about healthy living and emotional, social, and cultural issues. This mentoring program is facilitated by female volunteers aged 18-30 years. Go Girls is a seven week, 14 hour program and each session is two hours in length.

The program strives to achieve the following key objectives:

• To support girls and young women in choosing to maintain a healthy active lifestyle;

• To provide girls and young women with the tools and information they need to choose to lead and maintain a healthy lifestyle;

• To enhance competence, confidence and self-esteem of girls and young women regarding healthy active living; and

• To build the leadership and life skills of all program participants.