October 11, 2023
Voices of Kitenga: Peres Munanka’s Inspiring Path to Advocacy
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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February 13, 2020
Catalyzing Human Capital
Catalyzing Human Capital First, the setting. I write this from the veranda at Betsy’s House, in Kitenga, Tanzania—a special place that has become like a second home to me. Three students just stopped by to welcome me back and get me caught up on the news. Sister Berna walks by, with a batch of kittens…
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February 13, 2020
Two. Two. One.
Two. Two. One. For the 2nd year in a row, all of Form Two students at the Kitenga Secondary School for Girls scored in Division One on their National Exams! Considering that less than 20% of Tanzanian girls graduate from secondary school, this is a notable measure of success for this school, for these students….
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