Project Report
| Dec 14, 2011
WGEP helps scholar families affected by famine
By Amy Maglio | Founder and Executive Director
With the Horn of Africa drought and famine affecting 3.75 million Kenyans, WGEP is helping affected scholars and families in the Tharaka region with temporary food relief. We are distributing food at our local community partner offices to 100 families, giving out 20 kg of maize and 20 kg of beans per family. WGEP Kenya anticipates that they will be assissting a total of 600 people.
"The rains came in good time, and if they continue with the same stability, we hope there will be harvest in January," WGEP Kenya Project Coordinator Aniceta Kiriga says. "In the meantime, thank you for being there for us."
Our scholars and their families find themselves at the fringes of their societies, and most vulnerable to the effects of natural disasters. All of us at WGEP wish to thank you for your support of our mission and for helping us affect lives.
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Nov 21, 2011
WGEP Kenya scholars learn to make sanitary pads
By Amy Maglio | WGEP Executive Director
Aug 26, 2011
WGEP Exec. Dir. speaks about East Africa famine
By Amy Maglio | Founder and Executive Director
Many of you have heard that East Africa is experiencing its worst drought in 60 years, with the U.N. estimating that more than 10 million people are threatened by starvation. While news headlines have focused on Somalia, which has borne the brunt of the drought, Kenya, too, is now on the brink of famine, with 2.4 million Kenyans at risk, especially in rural areas.
During times of drought, famine and financial hardship, many rural families take their children--especially their daughters--out of school to work and help provide for the family. A recent article from Reuters highlighted how some desperate rural Kenyan families sold their daughters as child brides in exchange for money to feed the other children at home.
The drought is affecting the rural area of Tharaka where WGEP Kenya is based. Our program is doing everything we can to support our scholars' families during this difficult time and to ensure that our scholars stay in school. If it were not for their WGEP scholarships, many of our girls would most certainly have dropped out of school by now. We thank you for your continued support of WGEP Kenya--we are making a real difference.
Our scholars and their families find themselves at the fringes of their societies, and most vulnerable to the effects of natural disasters. All of us at WGEP wish to thank you for your support of our mission and for helping us affect lives.
We could not do our work without you.
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