Educate girls and fight poverty in Kenya

Thank you for supporting Women's Global Education Project and our Sisters-to-School program in Kenya! Your support helps WGEP provide critical scholarships to girls like Fridah in rural Kenya who otherwise lack the opportunity to go to school. Thank you for partnering with us in this critical, life-changing work!

With your help, Fridah was able to graduate and is now pursuing a university degree in education. This is her story:

Because her mother passed away and her elderly father can no longer work, balancing school and helping her family has always been hard for Fridah. Through perseverance and sheer determination, she managed to pass her primary school exams, but she didn’t know if she would be able to keep her studies going or if her family would be able to send her to secondary school. In 2007, a WGEP scholarship allowed then 15-year-old Fridah to continue her studies at Kenya’s Mukothima Girls Secondary School. During the school holidays she often took manual work to help provide for her family. Now a graduate, Fridah hopes to become the principal of a secondary school so she can help other girls in need. She is currently pursuing a diploma in Education at Mt. Kenya University and is a mentor to younger girls in our program. Fridah says, ‘’My dream is to be self-reliant and assist my community.’’

WGEP works in 12 rural Kenyan villages providing programs for scholarships, tutoring, mentoring, adult literacy instruction, scholar family support, community awareness, and an alternative rite of passage program to combat genital cutting and early marriage.

Thank you for your support and for helping make the dreams of girls like Fridah into a reality!

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