Patience, Liberian Student, is Number One in Her Class
Remember Patience Boimah? She’s one of our Liberia Now high school students in Lower Virginia, Monrovia who was ranked as the top student in her class for the fall semester of 2012. And when we received the rest of the first semester’s report cards from our other high school girls, we were delighted to see they are all working hard and earning good grades. They are solid students who attend classes regularly, a challenge for many schoolchildren in Liberia. So, hats off not only to Patience, but to Mai West, precious Jubor, Jessica...
read moreMeet Eve Hersh, Girls Education International Board Member
When Eve Hersh landed her first job out of college, she got a lot more than she bargained for: one of her initial assignments was the social media duties for Girls Education International. Eve’s boss, GEI co-founder Lizzy Scully, had recently volunteered to re-vamp the Girls Ed website and take on some of the social media work. That happenstance opened a new world for Eve. “Even though I’d done a lot of volunteer work, I never thought about access to education until I started working with Girls Ed,” Eve said....
read moreGirls Education in Tanzania!
The Board of Directors unanimously voted to expand our presence in Africa with a new project in Tanzania. For several years, Board member Rai Farrelly has worked with the village of Mgaraganza in Western Tanzania to build Amahoro Secondary School. Through Rai’s Project Wezesha, she provides scholarships for students hoping to attend regional secondary schools. Girls Ed has served as the fiscal agent for Project Wezesha, and decided in March, 2012 to formalize the relationship between the two organizations. In July of 2013,...
read moreA Visitor from Pakistan Brings a Look at Laphi
This month, Safeer Ullah Khan of Bedari, the Pakistani women and girls’ rights organization and Girls Ed partner, stopped in Denver to visit with GEI board members and co-founder Lizzy Scully. Safeer was in the United States to participate in the International Volunteers Leader Program sponsored by the U.S. State Department. Although Girls Ed has partnered with Bedari and worked with Safeer since 2009, it was the first face-to-face meeting with him. Safeer shared much information about the state of girls’ education in Pakistan,...
read moreThank You Notes from Our Liberian Girls
We recently received notes from the GEI high school girls in Lower Virgina, and from Veronica Dolo, the college student we sponsor in Monrovia. All are doing well with their studies, and express so much gratitude for their scholarships. We’d like to share a few excerpts from their letters. This is from Oretha Johnson, who has dreams of attending college and/or becoming a gospel singer. “My hope of going back to school was gone. Many times I sat and cried, ‘Why should my life be like this?’ But when my scholarship came,...
read moreSupporting the Many Malalas
With the news of the Taliban’s horrific shooting of Malala Yousufzai in October, our thoughts naturally went to the girls we sponsor in Pakistan. Safeer Ullah Khan, our contact in Pakistan, assured us that all of the girls are safe. He reports that their education is not threatened and Chakwal, where their school is located, is one of the most peaceful districts in the country. “The girls … in Chakwal are far away from Malala’s town; it is about 400 kilometers away, and takes around 9 to 10 hours to reach Laphi (a town...
read moreMeet Amy Zehnder, Girls Ed’s Newest Board Member
When Amy Zehnder traveled to Tanzania two years ago, she prepared herself for an exciting photo safari. But she returned home with much more than pictures of wildlife, “I came back completely transformed by the people,” she says. A girl–to whom Amy refers to as her “inspirational vision”–left a lasting impression on her. “She came up to us while we were walking in the fields, and I could tell she was educated by the way she carried herself with such pride and in how she spoke.” When Amy learned about an opening on the...
read moreOnline Auction: Send Girls to School
Help Us Make Our First Ever Online Auction a Success! Education is our greatest hope in improving the quality of life for girls in underdeveloped and developing nations. When we educate a girl in the developing world, she gains self-determination and autonomy over her body. She’s less likely to contract HIV, has higher earning potential, and will have fewer children. As part of our continued efforts to empower girls, we’re hoping to raise enough funds before year’s end to send more girls to school. Today, we’re launching our first ever...
read moreInternational Day of the Girl
Join us in recognizing the United Nations’ first ever International Day of the Girl. We invite you to stand with Girls Education International as we celebrate girls around the world–the girls who dream of going to school, and of leading independent, fulfilling, and self-determined lives. Let’s make October 11, 2012 a day to be remembered: one where we come together to create opportunities for underserved girls. After all, when we educate, we empower. Send a girl to school today.
read moreMeet Our Newest Board Member: Erick Herrscher
After eight years as a Broadway director and producer, Erick Herrscher returned to Salt Lake City in hopes of doing something more meaningful. “There are other things in the world to be done, and better ways to utilize my time and abilities, other than just entertaining people,” he says of his move to the West. Erick found inspiration in friend and Girls Ed board member Rai Farelly’s work, and so decided to join the team himself. Erick says he jumped at the chance to participate in Girls Ed’s mission to help underserved...
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