Monthly Archives: March 2008

Mbithe Pius

Meet Mbithe Pius at the Kibera School for Girls in Kenya. Mbithe just turned 7 years old in November, finished kindergarten with a fantastic report card, and started first grade in January 2012! She loves math, the color red, and dreams of being a teacher when she grows up.

Mbithe’s kindergarten schooling was sponsored by STF*{Syracuse} and the amazing concert they threw for the Vivanista Flash Fundraiser Competition. Now, her first grade year has been sponsored by the 2011 Tie-Dye Cupcake Bake-Off!

Click below to enlarge her bio, report card, and beautifully decorated letter to learn more about her!

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If you would like to send a message to Mbithe, please leave it in the comments below. We will collect them, send to her, and update here when she writes back! (Please note, this can take several months due to infrastructure issues in Kenya.)

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Glory John

Meet Glory John, a 19 year old girl in AfricAid’s Kisa Project in Tanzania. She is in Form 6 (12th grade) at Enaboishu Secondary School in Arusha.

Glory dreams of being a lawyer or working for the United Nations one day, hoping to be a role model for other girls to make a difference in their society. She also loves watching movies, chatting with her friends, and making music. She lives with her father and her younger brother and sister, as her mother passed away when she was 13 years old.

Glory’s first year in the Kisa Project was sponsored by our Flip cam sales and her final year is currently being sponsored by Campus Media Group.

Watch Glory’s video below to learn more about her, in her own words! We also caught up with her and her classmate Eli this past fall—check out the second video to see more.


If you would like to leave Glory a message, feel free to leave it in the comments below and we will send them along to her and update here when she writes back!

Last updated: 3/5/2012

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Mary Aliet Pach

Meet Mary Aliet Pach, a 16 year old from Project Education Sudan!

Mary is in Primary 7 at the Ayak Anguei Girls Primary School. She lives with her mother, and her favorite subjects are reading, science, and English.

When she goes on to secondary school, she hopes to study computers!

If you want to leave Mary a message, you can comment below. We’ll collect them and send them to her, and update here when she writes back. (Note: This can take up to six months, due to infrastructure issues in South Sudan.)

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Sumaya Ramadlen

Meet Sumaya Ramadlen, a member of the new Pre-K class at the Kibera School for Girls.

Sumaya is 5 years old and her birthday is September 21st! She is a member of the Nubean ethnic group in Nairobi. Now that Sumaya is enrolled in school, her parents will have the opportunity to attend new parent classes at Kibera as well. The whole family can begin learning together!

If you want to leave Sumaya a message, you can comment below. We’ll collect them and send them to her, and update here when she writes back. (Note: This can take up to six months, due to infrastructure issues in Kenya.)

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