by black bear | Feb 4, 2021 | Blog, Classroom Learning, Girl Program, Uncategorized
The Fight to End Female Circumcision Begins with Education Feb 3 2021 In a recent interview, Purity Soinato Oiyie of Kenya remembers the day that her father told her she was to be circumcised. By ten or eleven years old, Purity was told she was to become the fifth...
by black bear | Dec 28, 2019 | Blog, Girl Program, Uncategorized
Expanding our Reach for Vulnerable Girls in Kenya, in 2019 Dec 28 2019 The Girls’ Advancement Program is one of the hallmark programs by Asante Africa Foundation. The program focuses on keeping girls in school longer by educating them in maintaining health, traversing...
by Megha Bagga | Mar 26, 2019 | Blog, Girl Program, Uncategorized
8 Facts on Girls Global Education We cannot even imagine how many girls around the world are still illiterate. Gender equality in education is one of the critical conditions for creating a developed society. Despite the significant progress that the world community...
by black bear | Mar 7, 2019 | Blog, Girl Program, Uncategorized
Staff and students, in the Girls’ Advancement Program In Tanzania, women carry water on their heads in five gallon buckets. In the semi-arid area of central Tanzania where I teach secondary school, students that live at the school carry water from a nearby well...
by asanteafrica2018 | Dec 6, 2017 | Blog, Girl Program, Uncategorized
According to the national statistical body, almost 1 in 4 Kenyan girls, and 2 out of 5 girls in Tanzania are married before their 18th birthday. In pastoralist communities, forced early marriages are a way for the girls’ brothers to generate income to be used as dowry...
