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Women's Global participates in WBEZ Chicago Public Radio 's Global Activism Expo Kenya Elections Crisis: Letter from Aniceta Kiriga, Women’s Global Kenya Project Coordinator Sisters to School adds 30 Kenya scholars U.S. Dept. Boren Fellow assists in Senegal Thanksgiving Fund awards $25,000 grant to Women’s Global “Girls Rock!” Women’s Global speaks on girls’ education for the Chicago Global Donors Network Women's Global participates in WBEZ Global Activism Expo! Women's Global Education Project was proud to join WBEZ Chicago Public Radio and other Chicago-area idealists making a difference around the world at WBEZ Chicago Public Radio's Global Activism Expo last April 16 at the Broadway Armory! WBEZ estimates that around 900 people attended the event. Five years ago, Chicago Public Radio's Worldview began a new series to showcase individuals working to improve the world through small-scale efforts, working to accomplish huge change with whatever resources they could, driven by remarkable stories of inspiration and passion for the task at hand. Taking guest suggestions from Worldview listeners, the Series has never struggled- each Thursday, Worldview host, Jerome McDonnell, introduces listeners to another initiative driving the exchange of ideas and commodities among cultures and regions. Women's Global Executive Director Amy Maglio has been featured on the show three times. Kenya Elections Crisis: Letter from Aniceta Kiriga, Women's Global Kenya Project Coordinator "I would like to thank everyone for your concern for our safety here in Kenya during the elections crisis. We are thankful that here in Tharaka we were mostly untouched by the violence. Except for students who go to school in one of the affected areas, we have been able to go about our normal business in the community. But we have been sorely grieved at the atrocities that have claimed the lives of so many of our fellow Kenyans. We have been very sad to see Kenya divided so violently by these riots and to see so many homes burned and so many families and communities torn apart, especially in the Nairobi area, the towns of Kisumu and Eldoret, and the Rift Valley. As I write to you, I am happy to
report that the situation has
cooled down a little, and that
life in Kenya is starting to go
back to normal. Both the
government and the opposition
have told their constituents to
stop the riots and not to seek
revenge. Strong police forces
patrol the affected towns and
roads to allow schools and
businesses to reopen and to
allow displaced families to More than ever, I believe in the
importance of our work here in
Kenya to promote education and Sisters to School adds 30 Kenya scholars Through Sisters to School, Women’s Global partners with Ntanira Na Mugambo Tharaka Women’s Welfare Program in the rural Tharaka district near Mount Kenya to help girls from the region’s neediest families attend and succeed in school. We also address critical health issues such as malaria prevention and the eradication of female genital mutilation to remove health-related barriers to girls’ access to the education they need to build a brighter future. U.S. State Department Boren Fellow assists in Senegal Thanksgiving Fund awards $25,000 grant to Women’s Global “Girls Rock!”
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