Rites for Girls CIC mission is to make the lives of girls safer, kinder and better supported. Girls Journeying Together groups provide mutual support for girls through their adolescence and proudly into young womanhood guided by a facilitator. Girls' groups offer monthly support for preteen girls as they practice being true to themselves, learn about puberty, share their hopes and fears, and help each other into their teens. We support girls to emerge from adolescence stronger than they went in, working to prevent the high rates of self-harm and low esteem. We train women to facilitate Girls Journeying Together groups while also supporting the girl’s mothers. Trainees become ‘the woman they needed at 11-years-old’ and are provided with meaningful work that fits around other commitments, enabling them to serve in a diverse range of cultures bringing back the power of community in a way that appeals to today’s girls.