12/10/2020
A new generation is in the making in Tanzania, keep an eye on Kitenga Girls!
#TZGirls4Education #MeetTheNewGenerationTZ
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12/08/2020
You Will Make a Difference!
🤲🏾💫 Help GEC "launch" the future leaders of the world. A gift to the GIRLS RISE Scholarship fund helps prepare girls for success at Kitenga Girls School!
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Your end-of-year gift is fueling a better world for ALL through the power of accessible, quality, holistic education for girls. Thank you for believing: THERE'S NOTHING A GIRL CAN'T DO!
12/06/2020
*Almost* fresh from Kitenga: Form 4 girls studying for their final exams last week, which they have now wrapped up!
Can you believe that they're now preparing for graduation?! The VERY FIRST KITENGA GIRLS GRADUATING CLASS!! Pinch us 😊🌍🌈 #GraduatingClass #InTwoWeeks #soproudofthem
12/03/2020
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12/02/2020
Thank you to everyone who participated in #GivingTuesday yesterday!
💙 Together we raised funds to support TEN GIRLS to enroll at the Kitenga Girls Secondary School in 2021! We cannot thank you enough for bringing us one step closer to giving girls the education they deserve. 💙
Especially in this challenging year, the response from the GEC community is as impressive as ever - we're truly amazed by your dedication to support and inform people around you about girls education.
And we are not stopping there!! GEC is continuing to raise until the end of 2020 to support even MORE GIRLS to school next year. Please continue to support them and raise awareness for girls education. #thewholegirl #thewholeworld #girlseducation
12/01/2020
Thanks to donor support, students like Bhoki, a Form 3 student, can enjoy their peers and extracurricular activities like football (soccer in the States!) ⚽️, volleyball 🏐 and choir 🎶! #GivingTuesday #GivingTuesday2020 #GirlsEducation #TheWholeGirl
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12/01/2020
Nice, one of our students, credits the Kitenga Girls Secondary School for gaining self-determination! Because of her ability to attend school, she knows herself and her capabilities.
Every girl should feel this way when they get an education and are able to chase their dreams 🏃🏾♀️ #GivingTuesday
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12/01/2020
Esther dreams of being an accountant 📓💵 to advance her entrepreneurial skills “to help the community, the society, and the nation at large”. If that’s not powerful, we don’t know what is! #GivingTuesday
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12/01/2020
“The COVID-19 pandemic is testing the limits of societies and economies across the world, and African countries are likely to be hit particularly hard,” said @hafez.ghanem.7 , World Bank Vice President for Africa.
Our girls will be leaders one day to combat the issues that we are facing now. Please give on #GivingTuesday
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12/01/2020
Approximately 740 million women work in the global economy and our girls will be part of that statistic one day because of their education. 👩🏾🎓🌍 Can you imagine a world in which our girls will not contribute to their country’s economy?
Please donate by clicking our link 🔗 so that our girls will become the doctors, entrepreneurs, lawyers that they dream of being.
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12/01/2020
“Educating a girl is like putting sugar in tea ” Jaclyn, Form 2 student at KGSS
Whether you are drinking tea 🍵, hot cocoa, or coffee ☕️ to start your day, make sure to check out the link to donate on #GivingTuesday
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12/01/2020
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12/01/2020
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12/01/2020
Put a ✋🏾 in the comments if you’re excited for #GivingTuesday tomorrow!!
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11/30/2020
All funds raised tomorrow #GivingTuesday will go to the Girls RISE Scholarship Fund to give girls the opportunity to RISE and meet their fullest potential!
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11/30/2020
This year, all funds raised on #GivingTuesday will support GIRLS RISE scholarship fund and “Launch A Leader” program so that Kitenga girls can create powerful menstorhips! Leaders will help new students during a 6-week, on-campus program to help girls STAY in school and ACHIEVE greatness!
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11/30/2020
Doctors, accountants, business owners, lawyers are just a few of the occupations the Kitenga Pioneers want to be.
YOU can help them achieve those goals on #GivingTuesday!
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11/29/2020
Only 2 more days until #GivingTuesday! Your love and support will help our girls rise to achieve and succeed 💫
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11/29/2020
The ability to read, write, and analyze; the confidence to stand up and demand justice and equality; the qualifications and connections to get your foot in that door and take your seat at that table—all of that starts with education.” Michelle Obama
Educating girls empowers them to be more than they imagined for themselves.
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11/29/2020
While COVID-19 affected us all, that should not affect our generosity and willingness to give back.
Do your part this #GivingTuesday and support girls and their right to education!
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11/28/2020
Be part of the movement and host a facebook fundraiser.
At GEC, we believe in the value of cherishing the WHOLE GIRL and her own unique story. By helping to give a girl the ability to continue her education, you are giving her the opportunity her to realize her own potential.
Educate a girl, change the world. #GivingTuesday
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11/28/2020
This #GivingTuesday, you can give, collaborate, and celebrate generosity by donating to the GEC donation page.
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11/28/2020
☀️ Rise and shine!
We are up early like to prepare for #GivingTuesday like Kitenga students are to start their day!
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11/19/2020
A girl who has undergone #FGMC or #childmarriage is less likely to have access to health services & face increased risk of violence.
Sign this letter & help hold the #GenerationEquality action coalition on #GBV accountable for action on #CEFM & #FGMC.
✍️ http://bit.ly/LetterEng
11/16/2020
#Childmarriage can mark the end of a girl’s education and limit her full potential. We can’t let #COVID19 do the same.
Join us and sign the letter to prioritise action on #FGMC & #CEFM in the #GenerationEquality Action Coalitions. Orchid Project Girls Not Brides
✍️ Sign the letter → https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdqlbrsnrfwfmDo7sHtWGlp5f-cJfkKc6hOQs7kZOlWB3GoEA/viewform
11/01/2020
Jerusalema Challenge by Wild is Life - YouTube
#joyblast
We had SO much fun creating this #jerusalemachallenge video- the whole team got in on the action. Even Moyo makes a guest appearance and shows us how to boogie....
10/24/2020
Sugar in the Tea
If you’ve been wondering what all the Kitenga hoopla is about, watch this! ♥
#Tanzania #GirlsEducation #Kitenga #GECShortMovie #SDG4 #SDG5
Their dreams · Their vision · Their voices As the Kitenga Girls Secondary School proudly sees its very first class graduate in December 2020, this…
10/18/2020
👏 Together we raised just over $10,000!! 👏
As the week ends, we want to express an immense
THANK YOU ♡ ASANTE SANA
to every one who participated in our virtual celebration for the Kitenga Pioneers – the first graduating class of the Kitenga Girls Secondary School. You are directly impacting the most deserving girls in Kitenga.
Thank you to all guests, patrons, bidders & sponsors: Rich Products Immaculate Heart Central & Immaculate Heart Academy and Knowles Solutions
#changetheworld #thewholegirl #IDG2020 #Tanzania
10/16/2020
Opinion: Michelle Obama and Melinda Gates: We can't ignore adolescent girls in Covid-19 fight
Michelle Obama and Melinda Gates: We can't ignore adolescent girls in Covid-19 response
"Around the world, life is often more difficult for adolescent girls. During a pandemic, it can be downright dangerous.
We believe that government, philanthropic and grassroots leaders around the world must prioritize adolescent girls in any pandemic response.
To keep girls learning.
To keep girls healthy.
To keep girls safe and empowered."
#covid19 #girlseducation #health
History has shown that a global crisis like the Covid-19 pandemic puts the education, safety and futures of adolescent girls at even greater risk, leaving the world in further peril. Michelle Obama and Melinda Gates argue that addressing these risks must be a priority in the world's pandemic respons...
10/14/2020
Sugar in the Tea: teaser!
🤩 We are so excited about our girls graduating and chasing their dreams!!
Tonight we’re celebrating the first graduating class, and releasing a new GEC short film for the occasion: you will hear FROM THE GIRLS, talking about their dreams, their struggle, but also their vision for Tanzania and girls around the world.
Get you ticket before 6pm EST to watch the full movie together with us! #girlseducation #theirvoices #theirdreams #joinus
https://www.facebook.com/events/831363807600260/
10/14/2020
Join GEC tonight and fuel the movement and take a stand for global gender discrimination! Tickets available until 6pm! https://www.facebook.com/events/831363807600260/
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In some areas of Tanzania, 32% of women between the ages of 15 and 49 have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM). This is an extreme violation of human rights and an invasion of privacy for women. FGM is one of many examples of gender discrimination that is cruel and immoral.
The World Health Organization cites that FGM brings no health benefits and only brings harm physically, mentally, emotionally, and sexually.
#womenhealth #genderequity #idg2020 #annualevent #joinus
10/14/2020
Auction items are now LIVE!!
Some of the items featured are handmade items and a once-in-a-lifetime trip to the Kitenga Girls Secondary School in Tanzania 😮🤯!! Get your bid number today (you have until 6pm!)
https://secure.qgiv.com/event/idg2020/register/
#InternationalDayoftheGirl #YearofthePioneer #IDG2020 #Classof2020
10/14/2020
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10/13/2020
Auction is officially open!! Register for your bidder number today #auction #IDG2020
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09/05/2020
A little throwback video to brighten your Saturday and celebrate the Kitenga girls!
Spotted: the pioneers (the first class to enroll at Kitenga), celebrating the incredible achievement of ALL scoring First division in the national exam. Celebration meaning dancing and singing, naturally 💕
#girlseducation #Tanzania #throwback #celebration
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A girl who has undergone #FGMC or #childmarriage is less likely to have access to health services & face increased risk of violence. Sign this letter & help hold the #GenerationEquality action coalition on #GBV accountable for action on #CEFM & #FGMC. ✍️ http://bit.ly/LetterEng
Sugar in the Tea: teaser!
🤩 We are so excited about our girls graduating and chasing their dreams!! Tonight we’re celebrating the first graduating class, and releasing a new GEC short film for the occasion: you will hear FROM THE GIRLS, talking about their dreams, their struggle, but also their vision for Tanzania and girls around the world. Get you ticket before 6pm EST to watch the full movie together with us! #girlseducation #theirvoices #theirdreams #joinus https://www.facebook.com/events/831363807600260/
Such a FUN day!! Last February, GEC board member extra-ordinaire Christine Brown ran a watercolor discovery session with the girls in the library. "You can be a doctor AND an artist!" Planting seeds in their young curious minds! Thank you for the generous support MUSEjar 💛💜💝 Oh and those voices 🥰 #painting #thewholegirl #girlseducation #art #kitenga #tanzania
A little throwback video to brighten your Saturday and celebrate the Kitenga girls! Spotted: the pioneers (the first class to enroll at Kitenga), celebrating the incredible achievement of ALL scoring First division in the national exam. Celebration meaning dancing and singing, naturally 💕 #girlseducation #Tanzania #throwback #celebration
New roads across the Kitenga campus!
In addition to the transformation on Dorm#1 into a student clinic and infirmary, one of the priorities that emerged in context of the pandemic is the lack of transportation infrastructure. But, as always, together with the Immaculate Heart Sisters of Africa we rolled up our sleeves and Kitenga has been transformed! What were once just muddy tracks for the 6 months of the year during rainy seasons, are now raised and hard packed roads 🙌 The sisters report that on the day the huge road machines rolled in, the school erupted into song and dance! Now, with the 5km entrance road GEC built 3 yrs ago, the full Kitenga campus is accessible and navigable for any sized vehicle, be it school bus, ambulance or construction lorry. Thank you to all our supporters for being with us in those crucial times. More than ever your help is impactful! #girlseducation #safety #health #SDG5
Oh the celebrations in Kitenga! 💕💛Throwback to a super fun one on the opening day of Dorm #2 last summer! (Because of social distancing, line dancing is at a pause in Kitenga for now, but you bet that once the dancing can start again, Kitenga will be rocking!!) #dancing #tanzania🇹🇿 #throwback #celebration #girlseducation
As the school is about to re-open, we want to show you WHY this school is important. Back in February, when we were last on campus, we shot a short movie to show YOU the magic that happens in Kitenga. As we're putting the final touches to it, we thought we would show you a little teaser. Recognise those beautiful voices? #whygirlseducation #girlseducation #Kitenga #Tanzania #singing #celebration #magic #video #SDG5 #SDG4
The thermometer is rising! 🌡💫
105 spots left!! #5K4Kitenga
Happy girls in school, pursuing their dreams and achieving their best #sayhi
Job advertisement 📝
🚨 Hot job alert! Warning: it’s quite selective 😆 #ComputerClass #boss #applynow #Kitenga #Tanzania
👩🏾🎓I see the benefits of education!
This Sunday, Form 2 students performed a song to celebrate attending to the Kitenga Girls’ Secondary School. Now that they are in school, they are all about inspiring other girls around them! #rippleeffect “👩🏾🎓I see the benefits of education! 👩🏾⚕️ Can be a doctor because of education. 👩🏿✈️Can be a pilot, because of education”
Beautiful Tanzania 🇹🇿 #roadtoKitenga #landscapes #kopjes
Tuesday in Kitenga: games day 🏐 Sunny days are a treat during the rainy season – loads of fun! Netball in particular seems to elicit a lot of joy! #athleticsforlife #girlseducation #thewholegirl #whenvisitingkitenga
Sunday singing in Kitenga 💕 #WeAreOne #HappySundayEveryone
GEC turns 8 today!
🥳 Happy birthday to GEC, our team, our community and all our supporters around the world!! We have so much to celebrate and to be excited about, so we thought we'd doodle a little something to give you a taste of what the last 8 years meant to us and the girls in Kitenga. We are so grateful to celebrate our achievements with the incredible GEC community around the world, and to continue to be create real change together! 🤲🏾 #celebration #girlseducation #thewholegirl #thewholeworld #milestones #thankyou #birthday #Tanzania #SDG5 #SDG4
Meet the girls: Eddah
👐How about some gospel to brighten your Tuesday morning? "I love to help and encourage people, especially when they need kind words." ~ Eddah, one of the first students at the Kitenga School for Girls. Visit our website for more videos from the Kitenga girls 👉🏾 girlsedcollaborative.org/why-girls-education/ #Gospel #singing #SDG4 #SDG5 #Girlseducation #Kitenga #Tanzania🇹🇿
Today is the day!! Our NEW and BEAUTIFUL website is launched!
Today is the day!! Our NEW website is launched! Check it out! 👉🏾 https://girlsedcollaborative.org/ Because we want to amplify the students' voices, show the world our mission, and give the incredible GEC community the platform it deserves, we fully rebuilt our website and refreshed our brand. Check it out, it is a true labor of love and dedication by the entire GEC team & Helm Experience & Design #NEW #website #amplifygirlsvoices #amplifyourmission #amplifyyoursupport
Did we mention that we’re on a mission to amplify girls’ voices around the world? Meet Tinah, a student from the Kitenga School for Girls. “The Key to my future is to be kind and always be hopeful."" PS: so much more is coming soon, stay tuned! #SomethingiscomingtoGEC #thisweek #Isitanewwebsite #girlseducation #SDG5 #SDG4
Can you guess what's coming?
📣Something NEW and BEAUTIFUL is coming to GEC! #thisweek #SomethingiscomingtoGEC #Isitanewwebsite #staytuned
Happy International Day of the Girl!
It's International Day of the Girl! The most important day of the year if you ask us 😊 “As we recognize International Day of the Girl today, we salute you, our valued audience and invite you to continue to Join our Movement. ” ~ Anne Wadsworth GEC Exec Dir 👇🏽#IDG2019 #TheWholeGirl #joinus #unscripted #unstoppable #IDG #InternationalDayoftheGirl #IDG2019 #TheWholeGirl
Girls enjoying their gifts!
Small and big donations, every bit of support is always hugely appreciated by the girls and all staff in Kitenga. The fact that the Kitenga School for Girls has successfully navigated its first year and is now energetically planning for its future, is a profound testament to the many people over many years who did the part that was uniquely theirs to make this dream turn into something real. #thankyou #unscripted #unstoppable #IDG #InternationalDayoftheGirl #IDG2019 #TheWholeGirl
Asante Sana to all our supporters, around the 🌍
"Thanks to all our funder, we are able to be flexible and responsive to our local partners to provide financial assistance, thought partnership, and project management.” ~ Anne Wadsworth GEC Exec Dir 👇🏽 #thankyou #IDG2019 #TheWholeGirl
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We join hands with locally-led initiatives creating life-changing, education-centered opportunities for girls. Our first initiative is to help realize the vision of the Immaculate Heart Sisters of Africa to break the chains of generational poverty and empower the women of a rural corner of Tanzania through the transformative power of educating girls. Learn more about the new and growing Kitenga School for Girls here: www.GirlsEdCollaborative.org
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Hongereni wanangu
Anne, thank you so much for your inspiring and informative presentation today on GEC's work in Tanzania on behalf of girls, their communities, and the future. I loved that there were 13-year-old American girls there to hear about some of the challenges facing their African sisters.
On Women’s Day, I am super excited to introduce my 13 year old, Maya's new website and blog, She Dreams, to you. Maya would like She Dreams to be a voice for disadvantaged girls, particularly those in need of education. She is encouraging her readers to participate in girls' education. Please swing by her page. Please like and share her page, comment, shop or donate.
https://www.facebook.com/shedreams.us/
Is there any way to order the tshirts you were selling at Malala? They sold out before I could get some!
I am so proud that I have finally been able to meet these wonderful, beautiful, hard-working young ladies. Please consider helping us out to educate not only these girls but the whole world!!