Tanzania

Updates from Eli and Glory in Tanzania


In October, Val Martin of The Uplifting Project (and a great friend of STF!) traveled to Tanzania, and stopped in to say hello to some of the girls we sponsor there. She met with Eli and Glory, two girls in their first of two years at The Kisa Project, where they’re learning computer, leadership, and life skills. We sent along a photo album of our favorite places in NYC (which you can check out here!), and Val talked to them about their future plans. Doesn’t Eli look great in her I ❤ NY tee?

 

And guess what? Next week, we’re holding an event here in New York during Social Media Week — and no matter where you are, you can take part by helping us to sponsor Eli’s last year of school! Just watch for the #SMWMagic hashtag next Thursday, February 16th. For every time it’s used, The Think Cloud will donate $1 toward her sponsorship — and I know you guys can make it happen.

Have a message for Eli or Glory? Leave it in the comments and we’ll make sure it gets to her! Plus, check out more photos from Val’s trip below:

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Kisa Scholars Publish Book at End of Their School Year

Have you ever wanted to write a children’s book? It is certainly one of my dreams but I am grateful that our Kisa Scholars have had the chance to make a dream like this come true.

I always know that another year is wrapping for the Kisa Scholars when the news of the children’s book arrives. This year, the Kisa Scholars helped write a newly published booked called Sam Learns Some Lessons. The really cool thing about it? They’ve based the content on stories the Kisa girls created during a writing workshop. Not only does the book highlight the girls’ creativity but it also shows its wide audience the true importance behind educating girls and empowering women, not only in Tanzania but all across the globle. The book was published by Dot-to-Dot Children’s Books, and can be purchased here. This marks the second book put out by girls at our partner schools; earlier this year, Starfish One by One in Guatemala also released a children’s book!

We are looking forward to reporting back on how the school year went for all the Kisa Scholars of ours!

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Girls’ Education in Tanzania: A Must-Have

A recent article printed in the Guardian tackled the issue of a growing population in Tanzania and how educating girls and women can help reduce pregnancies in the regions. Tanzania, the 172nd poorest nation in the world, is the home to our partner school, the Kisa Project.

As the researcher behind the Kisa Project,  I am learning daily the great difficulties that Tanzanian girls face, especially when they become pregnant at a young age and are unable to keep progressing in the classroom. As the article mentions, stigmatization is high when a young girl must drop out of school to have a baby. Young girls are left with no choice but to leave their school books behind to care for their child, giving up their dreams to become nurses and teachers in their country.

Often we think that poverty stems from “no money,” when really, poverty in Tanzania is associated with illiteracy. A lack of the ABCs. A lack of the 1-2-3s. The Tanzanian Government is saying that the high fertility rate is coming from the low educational status of women throughout the country. And how can a woman combat this status when they have no chance to learn to read?

Programs like the Kisa Project are working to change the culture and the norms in Tanzania by giving girls the fuel they need to stay in school and push on towards a bright future. As always, I am eager to see our Kisa Scholars go out and tackle statistics like the ones above to bring more of their sisters into the gift of education.

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What Can a Cupcake Do? Let Us Tell You!

Fun with Footprints at the Kibera School for Girls

Fun with footprints at the Kibera School for Girls!

This week, the famous She’s the First cupcakes will be tasted ‘round the nation. As many of us, myself included (!) prepared for a week of colorful cupcakes, maybe you found yourself being asked by your peers, “Why cupcakes? Why girls’ education?” As a researcher for She’s the First, I hope to show you just how much your cupcakes can do by sharing with you some updates from our partner schools.

At the Selamta Family Project in Ethiopia, the ten girls that started a small business have closed up shop temporarily for the school year. However, they had a booming hair braiding business throughout the summer and plan on reopening during summer break! The students began the school year by celebrating the Ethiopian New Year and are now in the full swing of school. A week ago, She’s the First*{Pitt} hosted a fashion show and raised enough to sponsor a girl at Selamta. Congrats Pitt!

Between a morning adventure to Kahkre Vihar, visits from Maggie’s uncle and cousin, birthday parties for Birendra and Madan, and of course lots of studies and learning, Kopila Valley Children’s Home in Nepal is also buzzing with activity! Other exciting news is that there is 99% chance Kopila Valley will soon have its very own well. For more information on this phenomenal story, read on here. To continue the good news, Kopila Valley is featured on the new documentary Opening Our Eyes: The Movie. More congratulations are in order! Watch the trailer here.

And now on to the Kibera School for Girls – also a burst of sunshine in my updates. A new microfinance group, comprised of KSG mothers, is flourishing. If you’re interested in the budding businesses, read on here. The girls have also been immersed in a “My Body” science class and are having lots of fun learning about footprints. The Kibera School was also featured in the New York Times last month in Nicholas Kristof’s article “Just Look at What You Did!” This article is a must-read!

So, can we use these little cupcake treats to make a world of difference? Of course! Our directory schools are doing absolutely incredible things; one cupcake at a time, we can spread the sweetness!

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A Surprise for the Kisa Girls from STF in NYC!

Next week, Val Martin is headed to Tanzania to visit the Kisa Project, and she’s going to be bringing them a special surprise from She’s the First! Check out the cool photo album we made for them of all our favorite places in NYC. Think they’ll like it?

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Kisa Project Strengthens Its Classroom Leaders

If you are clicking through the pages of She’s the First, then chances are you have something in common with us. We keep girls’ education at the forefront of the work that we do as researchers and team players, but we also know that for a girl to be educated well, she must have a strong teacher at the head of the class.

I admire the Kisa Project for their continued attention to detail in that area. They are not just raising scholars and future leaders from the school desks, they are always looking for ways to mold and morph the leaders they already have at the front of the classroom.

This year, AfricAid invited 18 teachers from among the five Kisa partner schools in Arusha and Monduli, Tanzania, to participate in the Teaching in Action workshop. The T.I.A. workshop is a great way for teachers to get the experience they need to bring leadership skills and stimulation to the classroom.

We cannot wait to see how this workshop benefits the Kisa girls in the future!

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Introducing Elizabeth Abshire: AfricAids’s New Executive Director

[ Editor's Note: Today I am wicked excited to introduce you to the newest member of the STF extended family: Elizabeth Abshire. Elizabeth is the new Executive Director of AfricAid, one of our partners in Tanzania, and will be taking over for Ashley Schuyler as she heads back to school.  As the researcher for Kisa, I had the pleasure to ask Elizabeth a few questions about her work and hopes for the Kisa Project in the future. Enjoy!]

Elizabeth Abshire, new Executive Director at AfricAid

EA: It was a job posting on the Colorado non-profit job board. I was in a corporate position and looking for a change. My heart was really in Africa already.

STF: You mentioned running your own nonprofit for a few years in Kenya. Where did you first develop a passion for social change? Do you have a special tie or connection to Africa?

EA: I started a non-profit in 2007 that focused on educational opportunities in Kenya, specifically in Kibera which is a large slum area in Nairobi. I have been intrigued by Africa my entire life and finally had a chance to visit in 2007. I could not come home and live my life the same way after that.

STF: We love advocating for girls’ education (obviously). What message about girls’ education would you like to send the world?

EA: This is really the key. Everyone wants to help and there are so many great missions. I believe that many of the efforts treat the systems of poverty. Educating a girl gets to the core and will transform villages, nations and continents.

STF: Running a nonprofit in the US that creates social change in the developing world can be a difficult task. How do you make people in this country care about the issues in the developing world?

EA: It can be challenging, though I’ve found most people care intrinsically if you can slow them down enough to talk to them. It also helps if they’ve had any experience in a third world, developing nation.

STF: What has it been like getting to interact with the girls at the Kisa Project?

EA: Truly amazing! Everyday I am inspired by their dedication, strength, and brilliance. I’ve never seen girls their age who so understand the value of education in the way they do.

STF: What are you hoping to work on and/or make better with AfricAid in the coming years?

EA: I think AfricAid has a wonderful direction and vision. My hope is to extend it across Tanzania and other countries in Africa.

STF: As you are just getting adjusted to your new job, what has been the most rewarding and the most challenging aspects of your journey thus far?

EA: The most rewarding aspect was definitely my trip to Tanzania in May. It was indescribable to see our programs in action and the real difference they made in girls’ lives.

The most challenging has been learning the new organization culture and really focusing on fundraising. In my corporate job I was given a budget to spend, now I need to raise it, too.

STF: She’s the First is all about taking pride in being the “first” — just asmany girls we sponsor are the first in their family to graduate. What are you the “first” to do?

EA: I’m the first in my family to start a non-profit — and to leave the corporate world to run one!

Thanks so much for the interview, Elizabeth! We look forward to seeing the positive growth and change that will surely come to Kisa in the months to come!

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Be a Penpal with Glory John from Tanzania!

Thanks to the funds raised from our Flip cams, She’s the First has been able to sponsor two more girls from the Kisa Project! Meet Glory John, one of the lucky girls, and and become her penpal by writing to her in the comments!

Glory John is 19 years old and the first born in her family. We recently received a letter from Glory John about what she’s doing in school and a little more about her and how excited she is to be a part of the She’s the First family.

Glory John says:

Hello She’s the first!
Am very happy to have you as my sponsors, friends and important people in my life.
I am Glory John, a form five student at ENABOISHU HIGH SCHOOL. Am glad that i got a chance to be here for my further education. My ambition is to work on big companies like UN since i really wish to help women,orphans,refugees and street children.
I fill sorry for my self because i did not make a digital story. But i wish one day to do that and you will get to hear it when am done. Is that fine with you my dudes?
guess what!I only stay with my father my mother passed away almost 6 years ago, i some time miss her allot and wish to be by her side but she is no where to be seen. Am sure if she could be around and hear everything about KISA she could be proud of me and you my sponsors. But God is good he has given me new friends{sponsors}who have been good to me always and they are very concern. IT’S YOU SHE’S THE FIRST.
I love you more than you can guess and i wish one day to see you all. You know what? Am proud of you all cause you told me some of you are doing music and is the thing i really love in life.
Will you mind to tell me which kind of music are you doing?

Comment below and tell Glory all about your favorite music, and ask the questions you want answered about her life. We’ll send your notes to her to answer!

[Editor's note: Letters from students are not edited for grammar, style, etc.]

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Be a Penpal with Eli from Tanzania!

Meet Eli! She’s one of the two new Kisa Scholars now sponsored in the AfricAid program in Tanzania. The $4,000+ raised from sales of the She’s the First Flip cam collection funded her education, making all of YOU her sponsors.

Eli wrote to us this week, letting us that she’s now the head girl and expressing what it means to her to have your support and encouragement. We’re so inspired and moved by her words, and we know you will be, too:

thanks a lot ladies !!!!

i am doing well in school and i am very busy preparing my self for the terminals exams next week !!!
i have good news 4 kisa members and you sponsors!!!most of us have chosen to be leaders here at school!!! we had election last week and i am THE HEAD GIRL!! Now i can make what i learn in kisa IN ACTION!!! Lovely!!!
at SCHOOL I am doing HISTORY ,LANGUAGE ,PHILOSOPHY & SWAHILI!!!! SO HOPEFULLY I WILL BE JOURNALIST !! I HOPE TO READ YOUR MAGAZINES!!!!!!!
AM HAPPY BECAUSE NOW I CAN STAND AND TELL PEOPLE WHAT IS WRITE AND WHAT IS WRONG IN LIFE!!I LEARN TO FORGIVE AND FORGET!! THERE IS WHERE YOU CAN MOVE ON!!!IN KISA WE LEARN ABOUT MARTIN LUTHER AND MAHATMA GANDHI !!THE PEOPLE WHO BELIEVED IN LOVE! TEY SAY ,”LOVE YOUR ENEMY
!’”WHEN YOU LOVE AND FORGET & FORGIVE THEN YOUR LIFE BE PROGRESS!!!
IT IS GOOD WHEN YOU HAVE COURAGE!!!WHEN YOU HAVE SUPPORTERS!!! U FEEL YOU ARE NO LONGER A LONE !!!AND THERE IS WHERE YOU FIGHT TO MAKE YOUR DREAMS COME REALITY !!WE SHOULD NOT LIVE OUR DREAMS BUT WE ARE THE ONE MAKES OUR DREAMS LIVE!!!
KISA IS THE BEST FAMILY !!THE FAMILY THAT UP GRADE!!!I AM HAPPY BEING IN KISA !!I HOPE TO HERE BACK FROM YOU SO SOON!!!

Here’s the digital story she put together to tell us about her life. She’s already a digital storyteller!

Eli wants to be a journalist and help women and children, just like so many on the She’s the First team. Comment on her video and letter below and we will ensure she gets all your warm messages of support. Check back for her response!

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A Digital Story From The Kisa Project

I could easily spend an entire day watching the digital stories made by the girls at the Kisa Project in Tanzania. Each month, the Kisa Project features a scholar, setting her story to music and pictures and allowing the girl to tell it herself.

Meet Dorca, the girl who has inspired me today. Dorca tells her amazing story about the hardship and the struggle it took to get an education. Dorca is the first lady in her family to pursue an advanced level of schooling! She attributes her determination to her family who taught her to always be independent.

 

Thanks for being the first, Dorca! You inspire all of us!

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Our Kisa Girls Get More Active Online!

A kisa schola on the computerWe have some exciting news to share from our tech-savvy scholars over at the Kisa Project.

AfricAid recently completed the installation of computer labs at two of Kisa partner schools in Tanzania. The first school, Enaboishu Secondary School, received a donation of 11 computers from the Ross Family Foundation. Enaboishu hired a full-time computer teacher who recently attended a two-week training by ViaAfrica and will be helping the scholars use the computers on a daily basis! The recent Kisa newsletter reports that the girls are “already proficient and very active online!”

The Kisa Scholars received their website training on July 9th with Kisa mentor Esther as their coach. They will now have access to the website and a better opportunity to communicate with sponsors!

We look forward to seeing the strides these girls will make with the internet at their fingertips!

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Kisa Scholars Get Special Visitors in Tanzania

Sponsors share a meal in Tanzania

Our Kisa Scholars in Tanzania had an exciting month, thanks to special guests who came during one very exciting week in June!

AfricAid and Africa Adventure Consultants led their first guided trip to visit the girls, on the way taking participants through the Serengeti and Tanzanian culture.

Though seeing the wild animals in the jungle was a thrill, participants attested that meeting the girls was the best part of the trip. The Kisa Project scholars don’t leave the campus throughout the school year, so they warmly welcomed their guests. They adored sharing stories with their sponsors and getting to know one another.

The group visited two primary schools during the trip, Upendo and Losinoni, and two secondary schools, Muungano and Arusha Secondary. They even had the chance to visit some of the homes throughout the area.

Plenty of sharing was done by all; the Kisa girls were very excited to meet sponsors and a 2012 trip is already in the works.

The June 2011 newsletter was packed with a lot of energy and excitement and even some questions to fuel dialogue between the Kisa Scholars and us. Here is a personal favorite of mine: Who is the most inspiring woman leader you know? Share your answer in the comments below!

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Kisa Scholars Pay it Forward to Younger Students

We are so excited to hear how the scholars over at AfricAid’s Kisa Project, one of our partner programs in Tanzania, pay it forward to younger girls just entering into the two-year program.

We recently received an update on a trip some of the current Kisa Scholars from Arusha Secondary School made to two Tanzanian secondary schools entering the program–Edmund Rice Secondary School and Enaboishu Secondary School. The scholars spoke to the girls about how the Kisa Project can be their gateway to success. They encouraged the girls to apply for this program run by AfricAid. Nice, a current scholar, said: “We girls have great dreams to make change in our communities. Opportunities are there; we should grab them with our two hands. Kisa is an opportunity!”

As always, we are beyond excited to see the Kisa Scholar program grow and spread into more communities in Tanzania. You can support by writing comments back to Elizabeth, Grace and Happiness, the three Kisa Scholars She’s the First sponsored in 2010 as a result of GIRLS WHO ROCK. They are now in their second year of the program. (We are about to begin correspondence with two more Kisa Scholars, Eli and Glory, whose education was funded by the $4,000+ our Flip cams raised!) And of course, you could help fundraise to sponsor a sixth scholar — learn more here!

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Grace & Happiness: Wishing to Meet Us Someday

Grace and Happiness in Tanzania this June

Grace and Happiness write to us shortly after their American visitors left Arusha, Tanzania, where they saw the Kisa Project in action [here are photos]. AfricAid is planning the trip again in 2012…maybe some of us will be able to go! In the meantime, Grace & Happiness are very loving, but seem a little shy in their letters –what stories do you want them to tell you about their lives? Ask them questions in the comments!

Grace writes:

Thanks for the concern [Grace was ill a few months ago], am doing well now. Am so happy to receive your book plus being visited by Ashely and her family…also there were many speakers from USA who inspired us…I wish that one day you will come…hope you had a nice concert
I wish you marvelous time
lots of love,says Grace

Happiness writes:

hi..well i was sick for some time but am okay now..
How is everything there?here things are alright we are about to close for 2weeks holiday and the coming exams so we are busy..i personaly enjoyed the time with Ashley and the guests…and i was inspired by there stories..

Also, check out AfricAid’s new video about the Kisa Project — a few girls were chosen to speak to how the program has changed their lives…and Happiness is one of them!

 

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Music Really Is Universal: Letter from Tanzania

Elizabeth is in the pink hoodie, flipping through the She's the First yearbook with Grace and Happiness.

Elizabeth David, sponsored in Tanzania by GIRLS WHO ROCK 2010, sends her gratitude for the She’s the First yearbook we sent her — and turns out she’s a big JoJo fan, too! Sounds like Elizabeth could use encouragement for her big exams coming up — leave her some in the comments!

I’m so happy to hear from you. The year book was so amazing it made us smile the whole day,and ofcourse we know JoJo and we were so amazed to see her in the book.She has grown up so much, I loved all her songs but my favourite one is baby its you featuring Bow wow.

It was so nice to see Ashley [Shuyler, the founder of AfricAid & the Kisa Project] again and to finaly meet her parents.This year in kisa we are going to base mainly on leadership immersion and like giving back so that when we finish form six we will teach the girls at our community.

I hope the concert went well and you had a lot of fun,thank you very much for year book,you guys look amazingly gorgeous and the she’s the first bracelets are very cute too. Also thanks a lot for the books and the article, the book is so interesting.
Hey gues what, am at home for a two weeks holiday. The past few months have been very challenging in terms of my studies and busy too since we have a MOCK exam on the late August. My mom even told me that I look a bit more skinny than before, even I think its true.

Pass all my love and thanks to all she’s the first and to the pretty JoJo.

Lots of love and thoughts,
Eliz.

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Kisa Scholars’ Surprise from STF & Arianna Huffington!

This past April, our blog was bursting with excitement over Arianna Huffington’s nationally publicized support of She’s the First.  Not only did The Huffington Post‘s Impact section declare Elizabeth David, a sponsored student in Tanzania, “Greatest Person of the Day,” but Ms. Huffington also sent us three signed copies of her autobiographic books to pass on to Elizabeth, Happiness, and Grace!  We are thrilled to announce that Ms. Huffington’s book On Becoming Fearless . . . in Love, Work, and Life has reached AfricAid’s Kisa Scholars! Ashley Shuyler of AfricAid sent us some photos to share of the students receiving their She’s the First yearbook and the copies of On Becoming Fearless. Have you read the book, too? We recommend it!

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Thank You Note from Happiness in Tanzania

We just received a new note from our Kisa Scholar Happiness (below) — filled with gratitude! You may remember it was Happiness’ birthday on April 27th…for those of you who left greetings here, she saw them and is so touched! Last weekend, the girls received their copy of the She’s the First yearbook, and Happiness LOVED it!

Happiness, Grace, Elizabeth with their STF Yearbook

Later in the week, she received her autographed copy of Arianna Huffington’s book On Becoming Fearless. (This surprise came by way of her classmate Elizabeth getting published on the HuffPo in March; be sure to read the story here!)

We couldn’t be prouder of the Kisa Scholars, whom we sponsored with GIRLS WHO ROCK 2010, and are so grateful to have the means to email them directly…do you have any questions or messages you’d like us to pass along? Post in the comments!

hello everyone am glad and was very happy to see the post about my birthday..thanks
well on tuesday last week we had guests in our kisa lesson and it was fun…i personally got the 1st she’s the first yearbook its amazing and thanks to Arinna for the novel”fearless”its amazing too…
love, Happiness

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Kisa Scholars Receive a Surprise from She’s the First!

Happiness, Grace, Elizabeth

Ashley Shuyler, the founder of AfricAid, a partner of She’s the First in Tanzania, is now visiting the girls in the Kisa Project sponsorship program! When we saw Ashley in NYC last April, we gave her a copy of a yearbook we made on shutterfly.com, filled with photos of our first year as an organization. We ordered an extra copy for the Kisa Scholars, sponsored by GIRLS WHO ROCK 2010, and had the She’s the First volunteer team sign it like a yearbook during our leadership summit in January.

Today, the book arrived in Elizabeth,  Happiness, and Grace’s hands! Ashley posted the photo above to Facebook and sent us this note:

The girls could not have been more elated with their She’s the First yearbook today! They were truly on Cloud 9 and spent literally the hour after class looking through it and oohing and ahhing over every picture — several times. :) I have a dozen photos or so, but the one I attached was about 5 seconds after we gave it to them. They were so excited! I have yet to share the Arianna Huffington books — we’ll do that on Tuesday, when our large AfricAid group visits the school. They will be so excited! I’ll be sure to share more photos and send them whenever I can get a good connection!

All the best from TZ,
Ashley

Check out what the Kisa Scholars saw here (if you supported STF in 2010, maybe your photo is in it)!

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Be a Pen Pal: Write Back to Elizabeth & Grace in Tanzania

The Kisa Scholars in Tanzania are officially back from their vacation and ready to hit the books once again. We love being able to email back and forth with the three students whom GIRLS WHO ROCK 2010 sponsored—Elizabeth, Happiness, and Grace—and hearing directly from them how their time at school is going.

From the looks of their letters, the girls are busy and ready to start their studies! In the comments, leave Grace & Elizabeth a note of encouragement, or a question, which we can relay back in our response! We’ll post Happiness’ update soon.

Grace Lyimo

The following is a message from Grace:

hallow!
Sorry for taking a lot of time to answer you i was having some problems.
I real enjoyed taking economics. as other students i do experience some problems which are normal but i do my best to solve them as i have been taught by mentors that in order to live with people you have to know her weakness and her strength so am happy to be in kisa because its helps me a lot living with people as hear at school we are many people with different culture and comes from different places.
Hope we will communicate more
Have a nice time, till next time.

This is from Elizabeth:

Elizabeth David

how are you doing?I’m fine and going well with my studies,and Grace is doing fine as well.

It feels so good to be on my last year and thinking that soon am going to be in the university but it’s hard work too. It means studying hard so as to get good grades in my mock exam and especially my final exam.

How’s the concert preparation going?Well, I wish you guys all the best.

Lots of love,

Elizabeth.

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Digital Forefronts with the Kisa Project

She’s the First is definitely a tech-savvy organization; its engine’s powered by social media and digital storytelling. But we aren’t the only ones who have exploring this concept of digital storytelling.

One thing that I love about the Kisa Project in Tanzania, the school that I correspond and communicate with, is how passionate they are when it comes to sharing stories. Kisa even meaning “story” in Swahili, the girls in this program are no strangers to utilizing the media to connect with others across borders and boundaries.

Every month the Kisa Project updates its interactive site with digital content produced by the girls in the program. The short videos feature a different girl each time, giving the young woman a chance to tell her own story.

It is great way to get up close and personal with the girls we are sponsoring through She’s the First. And I can guarantee that you will only need five minutes to get swept up in the stories of these courageous and smart young women.

Stay updated with the digital stories by subscribing to the Kisa Project eNewsletters, a great opportunity to get news from the girls straight into your inbox.

Be sure to check out this month’s featured story by Jackline, a Kisa scholar at Arusha Secondary School.

 

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