Equip rural Kenyan girls to GET UP out of poverty

In Kenya, the academic course load for secondary school students is so demanding it is difficult to find time for programs like GET UP in the girls’ schedules.  Typically school classes meet for 10-12 hours each day, six days a week, and some of the schools require students to attend study sessions on Sunday...

In Kenya, the new school year begins in January.  After a six week break from regular schedules, GET UP programs for middle school girls get underway again this Saturday, February 9.  Eight women, community leaders in their local areas, have been trained to lead this year’s programs which emphasize dealing...

Chung Malo! This means “GET UP” in Dhuluo, the local language in Maseno Division in western Kenya.  On Saturday, November 10, 2012, we held a GET UP club meeting for middle school girls from three different schools.  This was the final meeting for these girls for the school year, and it was a great...