Learn more about education & empowerment of native women
This initiative links in with many sections of the first four. Women and children are prevented from attending school because they are occupied gathering firewood and water up to 6 hours a day. The culture does not value women’s education and overall does not support advanced education for anyone. School attendance is mandatory but class sizes are around 80 to 90 and teachers are very poorly paid. As the population becomes more exposed to Western Culture the children are interested in continuing on to high school and university but their opportunities are very limited. By making more people aware of the situation we would hope to encourage donations to organizations like Aid To Africa and many others that are doing good work already. Even small donations of $500 per year pays for one child’s school fees in a private school that is linked into higher learning opportunities. We will also support universities linking up with East African Universities to offer more classes and support the initiatives that are already in place. We also will support individuals that want to volunteer in many of the existing programs.
Many initiatives started by the Peace Corps, Religious Organizations and others have done good work but their efforts have collapsed once the school or clinic is turned over to the local governments. The programs that work are based in the local communities and staffed almost 100% by the locals. In the blogs that will be created for this initiative we will highlight programs that are working and encourage people to donate time and money to those organizations where results can be tracked and guaranteed over the foreseeable future.