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October 5, 2024

The Gimmick of 10/11. The Power of 10/11.

By Anne Wadsworth

This article by Anne Wadsworth, Executive Director of Girls Education Collaborative was originally published in HuffPost in 2013 in honor the October 11, International Day of the Girl. Eleven years later, the message – the importance of focusing on girls education and the invitation for others to join the effort – still resonates today.  …

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August 23, 2024

GEC IS HIRING!

By Anne Wadsworth

Director of Program Operations is an exciting opportunity to lead and expand GEC’s transformative work and to make a lasting difference in the lives of girls and their communities. Millions of girls around the world are out of school, simply because they are girls. Girls Education Collaborative (GEC) works to support local changemakers in those…

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July 10, 2024

HER INDEPENDENCE AND EMPOWERMENT: Neema Edward’s Voice: Being a Girl in Tanzania

By Susan Kirkpatrick

My name is Neema Muyengi Edward. I was a part of the second graduating class in 2021 at Kitenga Girls Secondary School (KGSS). I am the first born among three children. I was born and raised in the Mara region of Tanzania by a middle class family. I don’t remember much about my childhood, but…

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June 5, 2024

REFLECTION ON MY JOURNEY IN KITENGA GIRLS SCHOOL 2024 

By Fatoumata Jaiteh

By contributing writer Naomi Elias Tura My name is Naomi Elias Tura. I graduated from Kitenga Girls Secondary School in 2023. I was born in the Mara region in Tanzania in 2005. I live in the Tarime district with both my parents. And for now, I am working as a GEC volunteer.    Tanzania is…

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May 14, 2024

A Helping Hand — Not an Iron Fist

By Anne Wadsworth

A growing philanthropic model builds trust and rewards ideas, rather than dictating how donated capital is spent. Growing up in a rural village in northwestern Tanzania, Josephina Joachim was a young woman who experienced hardship and injustice. Hoping to shift the narrative for girls who came after her, she and her colleagues decided to fight…

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April 10, 2024

Building Relationships and Impact: A Visit to Tanzania with GEC, February 2024

By Guillemette Dejean

At the heart of GEC’s work is relationship building. Once established, a relationship creates the firmest foundation for collaborations that solve problems and/or seize opportunity. The deeper and more stable the relationship, the more dynamic and sustainable the collaboration. The purpose of such, is to work towards the shared vision of a world where no…

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March 13, 2024

Funding Community-Led Organizations: SHEEO’s Call for Trust and Collaboration

By Fatoumata Jaiteh

In the vast landscape of philanthropy, where resources often flow through well-established channels, small and remote Community-Led Organizations (CLOs) located outside of typical NGO-hubs find themselves navigating a labyrinth of challenges.   Driven by a commitment to their communities and armed with a deep understanding of local challenges, CLOs often encounter formidable barriers when seeking…

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March 7, 2024

Let Women Lead the Way

By Anne Wadsworth

  A new generation of women can lead us out of the crises that are stacked against us. Let’s ensure it happens by making sure girls get the education they deserve. By Anne Wadsworth Imagine a world in which so many of the challenges we’re currently navigating — such as the ones that comprise the polycrisis…

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February 13, 2024

Fields of Dreams

By Anne Wadsworth

The answers to many of the world’s greatest challenges may be growing in farms like this one in Tanzania In remote northwest Tanzania, there’s a small plot of land that just might be growing the future — and not solely because of what’s in the soil. The Garden for the Future is a three-way permaculture partnership…

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October 11, 2023

Voices of Kitenga: Peres Munanka’s Inspiring Path to Advocacy

By Guillemette Dejean

After graduating from KGSS in 2020 with the school’s pioneer class, Peres Munanka didn’t take any time off between lower and upper secondary school. Instead, she went onto become GEC’s very first Kitenga volunteer.  At that time, she remarked that she was “happy to volunteer to work with GEC because it is a passion…to see…

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