About The Shona Project

Being a young woman in Ireland can be really tough….

Here at Shona, we celebrate women from all over the world, those who succeed and those who overcome, those who lead and those who think, those who win and those who learn. We share our stories so that we don’t feel alone. We laugh, learn, try and cry together.

Figuring out who we are, and where we fit into this world is hard, and there are so many challenges; anxiety, depression, body image, self-esteem, boys, family drama, social media, exams stress, hormones, sexuality, relationships, bullying and feeling like we don’t fit in.

The world (and Instagram) tells us we should have it all figured out by now, and that we should be perfect, which none of us will ever be. Really, we should be helping each other to be smart, strong and, above all else, kind.

We know exactly how it feels to struggle and feel alone, because we’ve been there. We believe that we all need to give ourselves a break, and take care of ourselves, and of each other, to celebrate each other’s differences, and to support each other so we can all achieve everything our quirky little hearts desire.

“When girls support each other, there’s no limit to what we can achieve”

What do we do

School Visits

We visit schools all around Ireland to meet and talk to girls about how to find their place and identity. We encourage girls to be kind to each other, and especially to themselves. To date, we have worked with over 25,000 girls in every corner of Ireland.

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Survival Handbook

Our handbook has been delivered to 60,000 1st year girls in Ireland as a support while they transition into a new and important phase of their lives since 2019. For 2023, we have orders for 35,000 copies which are now being distributed to schools all across the country.

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Safe Bathrooms Challenge

We are delighted to invite you and your school to take part in our Shona Safe Bathrooms Challenge which 100 schools have participated in over the past year. We’d also love to share your free stencil pack with you in the hopes that it helps you to turn your corridors and bathrooms into more positive spaces for your students. 

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Junior Ambassador Programme

We launched our Junior Ambassador programme in September 2022 and are excited to see it continue to grow! We are inviting schools to nominate one of your students to join the programme, so we can support them as leaders who promote kindness, positivity, inclusion and resilience within their schools. Our aim is to have a Junior Ambassador in every school in Ireland by 2025.

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Summer Schools

From 2020 – 2022, our summer school is a powerful week for the girls of Ireland to work on confidence, kindness, resilience and self-esteem. In 2023, we have altered our structure to reach even more girls! Partnering with our friends at Sanofi Waterford, we spent 2 days getting to know the girls in the lives of the employees! We played games, bonded over challenges and grew our knowledge through workshops that focused on self-confidence, the power of using our voices and much much more! We are always looking for ways to grow this programme, so if you’d like to get involved, please get in touch.

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