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Crisis in the Horn of Africa
The Horn of Africa is facing the worst drought to hit the region in sixty years.  Aid is desperately needed, as millions are facing extreme hunger.  Children are among the most vulnerable to the food crisis.  To learn more about the crisis and how you can help, catch up on the latest developments here.

One Year Later – Progress in Pakistan
Last week, the world marked the one-year anniversary of the devastating flood in Pakistan.  As one year has passed since the disaster, thousands reflected on the progress that has been made.   Unfortunately, schools suffered massive destruction and 7 million children are still out of school.  To read more about how education has been impacted by the flood, follow this link.

Man Up!
An urgent call to action from Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund, this Huffington Post piece encourages readers to promote the rights of young girls.  This comprehensive overview of the health crises that impact young women is addressed to men, but is a must-read for all.  Check it out here.

Education Remains a Right Only for Privileged Afghans
Growing up as a young girl in Afghanistan, Noorjahan Akbar was held back from attending school.  In this article, she reflects on her childhood and why millions of other female students suffer the same injustice. This piece sheds light on the factors that keep those in poverty, especially girls, out of school.

Mobile Schools Educate Nomad Students in Sudan
In Sudan, 8 percent of the population is made up of nomads, a population that roams across the land and has traditionally been against sending children to school—especially  girls. In 2002, UNICEF started a mobile school program in the White Nile State to educate children of nomadic families. This summer, 110 children from six different mobile schools have become the first in their nomadic community to finish primary schooling through the mobile education program. Read more here.

Additional reporting by Arianna Davis.

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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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A Surprise from Arianna Huffington for the Kisa Scholars

You may remember our excitement when The Huffington Post profiled She’s the First for Women’s History Month in March. It got better: Arianna Huffington tweeted the story to her 600,000+ followers. And then, the icing on the cake was when we submitted an essay from Elizabeth David, sponsored in Tanzania, and she was featured on the homepage of The Huffington Post Impact section, as  “Greatest Person of the Day,” making Elizabeth the first She’s the First sponsored student to become a published author in major media!

Tweet from @AriannaHuff about She's the First

We wrote to Elizabeth about her achievement, and told her a little bit more about Arianna Huffington’s career, including that she had written an inspiring book On Becoming Fearless….in Love, Work and Life, of which we’d be sure to send her a copy. Elizabeth was overjoyed:

I’m so very happy about the news you gave me,you realy made my day. Thank you so much for the book that you’ll be sending me,I love reading books and I’m sure I will love the book….I must say one of the things I enjoy doing is writting and hearing from you guys.I must be very lucky to have you guys as my sponsors.
With lots of love,
Elizabeth.

Elizabeth's Huffington Post feature

We figured we’d go to Barnes & Noble as a last resort, but first, we wrote to Arianna’s office and requested an autographed copy of the book for Elizabeth, and her two fellow Kisa Scholars sponsored by GIRLS WHO ROCK, Happiness and Grace. It never hurts to ask…because yesterday, three inscribed copies of the book arrived! We are so excited to deliver them to AfricAid founder Ashley Shuyler when we meet her for breakfast on Thursday. She’s visiting NYC from Colorado and will be packing up for Tanzania soon, when she’ll hand deliver the books to the girls for us.

We can’t even imagine how touched Elizabeth, Happiness, and Grace will be to know that one of the busiest women in media opened her heart up to them and cared about sending them a copy of a semi-autobiographic book packed with her best wisdom.

Thank you, Ms. Arianna Huffington, from all of us at She’s the First! You inspire us to make an Impact, each and every day.

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Huffington Post Impact

Tammy Tibbetts, President/Founder, is a contributor to The Huffington Post. Past blog posts include: “A Tie-Dye Cupcake Can Change the World,” “Music is Universal. Education Should Be Too.”, “A First Birthday Like None Other”, “How Social Networking is Helping Millennial Women Change the World”

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