Posts Tagged "girls"

Has ZanaAfrica Brought Transformation?

Posted Apr 28, 2012 in Empowerment, Field Officers, Kibera, zanaafrica by - 0 Comments

l can’t believe that 2 years and seven months have passed since l joined ZanaAfrica as a junior facilitator in training. The training in the field to facilitate was not just an easy task because we had to do a [...]

Girls Drawing on iPads?

Posted Jan 24, 2012 in Careers, Education, Empowerment, Field Officers, Kibera, zanaafrica by - 2 Comments

It has been a wonderful experience teaching the girls in the schools that we work with in Kibera on how to draw using iPads. The program started early this year and we have been having the girls learn how to [...]

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ZanaAfrica iPad Drive

Posted Dec 17, 2011 in Careers, Education, Empowerment, Field Officers, kenya, Kibera, Volunteers, zanaafrica by - 0 Comments

Do you have an iPad that you’re not using? Or perhaps you upgraded, and need to figure out to do with the old one? Donate your iPad to ZanaAfrica, and help us bring technology to our EmpowerNet Clubs! The Problem: [...]

When The Schools Close!

Posted Nov 21, 2011 in African History, Alcohol abuse, Careers, Education, Empowerment, Field Officers, kenya, Kibera, Volunteers, zanaafrica by - 0 Comments

Can you imagine how it feels after spending 8 years in primary school system and now have done the final exams? it is a big sigh of relief,  whaaaaa!!!! Now imagine having an additional four years of that in the [...]

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Financial Freedom for Girls!

Posted Aug 12, 2011 in Careers, Education, Empowerment, Field Officers, kenya, Kibera, Sanitary Pads, social enterprise, Volunteers, zanaafrica by - 0 Comments

It was a great one week long training at the Ngong Hills Hotel. The theme of the training was financial management for young girls in the slums. It was a joint venture of Population Council and Faulu Kenya. The  training [...]

Two Years of Progress with Girls.

Posted Jul 20, 2011 in Careers, Education, Empowerment, Field Officers, kenya, Kibera, Sanitary Pads, Volunteers, zanaafrica by - 0 Comments

It has been a wonderful 2 year experience since l joined ZanaAfrica. My main motivations being the passion l have for young people. Girls in the slums are very vulnerable in so many contexts and especially where resources are scarce, [...]

A Lady Worth Her Stay in Kenya!!

Posted Jun 2, 2011 in African History, Careers, Education, Empowerment, Field Officers, kenya, Kibera, Volunteers, zanaafrica by - 0 Comments

Can you imagine having to meet a person  and get to  like them without reservations? Well this is a person l have for the past six months being working with and l can confidently say that she has been an [...]

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Power up and Empower Girls

Posted Apr 6, 2011 in Empowerment, kenya, Kibera, Volunteers, zanaafrica by - 0 Comments

Every day ZanaAfrica takes laptops and a wireless modem into one of 5 schools to help empower 110 adolescent girls through social media and the Internet, supporting their self-esteem and decision-making through blogging, tweeting and taking photos. Over the April [...]

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You, yes you: Help girls blog and tweet!

Posted Jan 10, 2011 in Education, Empowerment, kenya, Kibera, Volunteers, zanaafrica by - 3 Comments

Happy new year! Hope your start to the new year has been as great as ours, which has been complete with fabulous volunteers from Wharton and Middlebury and a new grant: This week we join The Girl Effect by bringing [...]

Looking to the Future

Posted Nov 4, 2010 in Careers, Field Officers, zanaafrica by - 0 Comments

I have done a diploma in community development and I would love to continue with my studies in sociology by the beginning of next year. During my work in Kibera I have had to go through many problems, and many times I [...]