NCWH Programs serve more than 1,100 New York City teen girls each year in some of New York’s underprivileged neighborhoods: Harlem, Brooklyn, Jamaica, & Astoria
Anti-obesity: Our girls LEARN, DANCE, & COOK to Health!
Fitness: Dance classes once or twice a week provided as an afterschool program at NYC schools
Nutrition: Cooking classes at the Union Settlement Community Center
Sex-Education: Discussion of sexual health and pregnancy prevention by a physician at schools citywide
As of 2010, our programs are now provided at the following schools:
• Union Settlement
• Girls for Gender Equity
• Bridges Program
• The Young Women’s Leadership school--Astoria
• The Young Women’s Leadership school--East Harlem
• The Young Women’s Leadership school--Jamaica
• The Young Women’s Leadership school--Williamsburg