By Raichle Farrelly | Project Leader
Dear Girls Ed Supporters,
We at Girls Ed believe in the power of education to change the world. We think you do, too, because you've contributed to the education of the young women in our Tanzania program. Thank you!! Asante sana!!
We're happy to share an update on one of our newest certificate program graduates. Lois entered our secondary school scholarship program in 2015. She also participated in several of our academic study camps. She completed Form 4 (secondary school) in 2018. Lois, along with a cohort of her peers from our program, began a certificate program that prepares nursery school teachers. All of these young women completed that program in September 2019.
Many of them are eager to continue their eduction, to pursue an additional diploma in education. We encouraged the newly certified nursery school teachers to get some professional experience for at least one year. Within weeks of being given this advice, Lois landed a job at Malaika Daycare Center.
Lois teaches a beautiful group of 1-3 year old children. She is responsible for teaching them letters, numbers, and songs in Swahili and English. She cares for them all day, which is no small feat when you have 10+ toddlers! She manages their behavior, feeds them, supervises them during play time, and helps to build their characters as they play and learn together.
She is now making 100,000 Tanzanian shillings per month! (*Note: This is about 43 USD, however the average village family in this region lives on subsistence farming or fishing, so Lois' salary is significant for her and her family.) Lois is planning to save her money. She dreams of continuing her education to pursue a degree in education.
We are so proud of Lois for being a role model to these young children. She would not have this opportunity without our campaign to support young women pursuing post-secondary education. Now Lois is able to share her passion for education with the next generation of Tanzanians! See her in action in this video filmed by Lucas this week.
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This past month, another cohort of Form 4 students took the national examinations that determine their future educational opportunities. We're sure they will all perform well enough to pursue post-secondary education. There is so much potential for these young women to change their worlds in big and small ways. Will you help us support them?
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Stay tuned for more updates on Tanzania's newest group of Nursery School Teachers!!
With Gratitude,
The Girls Ed Team
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