Global Girls Education

August 3, 2016

By Anne Wadsworth

Recently, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Research and Experiential Learning at the University at Buffalo, Dr. Mara Huber, and a group from UB traveled to Tanzania and to the Kitenga School for Girls campus. This is what she had to say… Although I have returned to Kitenga many times since my original trip in 2009, my…

May 13, 2016

By Anne Wadsworth

Hope you’ll join us on June 1st for Taste of Tanzania! A family-friendly event to bring our community of support together. Purchase tickets here. GEC board member and chef of African cuisine, Lousie Sano (herself originally from Rwanda) will be cooking up a storm of Tanzanian favoriates and we hope you will bring your family…

December 18, 2015

By Anne Wadsworth

It was a win-win for small business and global girls education on December 11 at Shop. Sip. Support.—a happy hour holiday shopping event benefiting Girls Education Collaborative. The event was hosted by tirelessly supportive GEC board member Louise Sano (who, it should be noted, was recently featured by NPR in a story on how refugees…

October 19, 2015

By Anne Wadsworth

It starts with a vision on how to make a better world. This particular vision is to empower women and put an end to female genital mutilation and child marriages. It is a vision to lift an under-served and impoverished community towards a better, more dignified life. It began over 20 years ago when the…

September 14, 2015

By Anne Wadsworth

In 2001, under pressure from international stakeholders, the Tanzanian government established the Primary Education Development Program (PEDP), which made school compulsory for 7- to 15-year-olds and officially abolished mandatory primary school fees as a means of increasing enrollment. On some level, the program seems to be working. Primary school enrollment did increase from 4.4 million…

October 1, 2014

By Anne Wadsworth

Join us for a special conversation with Nick Kristof, the two-time Pulitzer Prize winning New York Times columnist and best-selling author on December 2, 2014 in the Mary Seaton Room at Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, New York.  By attending, you’ll receive a copy of Kristof’s new book, A Path Appears and show your support for…

September 27, 2014

By Anne Wadsworth

We are incredibly honored and thrilled to announce that Nick Kristof is coming to Buffalo on December second as our special guest for an evening event at Kleinhans Music Hall to benefit Girls Education Collaborative. Sponsorship and Patron opportunities are available now. Click here to learn more. Your support at this level will help us make…

March 13, 2014

By Anne Wadsworth

Now, that’s a panel title that writes its own headline.    And here’s a quote from that panel that writes its own opening: “Girls education is the vaccine of the 21century”  – Senator Michaelia Cash, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Women, Australia. With power statements like these who needs to go writing their own content?…

October 11, 2013

By Anne Wadsworth

Maybe you’re inspired, maybe your motivated, maybe your trying to figure out what all the fuss is about! I thought I’d try to help you out whatever category you fall within. Here are some great resources, calls to action and learning opportunities…..learn, commit, act, change the world….. Will start with The Girl Effect’s ‘Girl Declaration’…

July 2, 2013

By Anne Wadsworth

 I had read their Strategic Plan outlining their vision to create an extraordinary school for girls within a remote and roadless village. I was very impressed. They addressed the need for strong sciences, leadership development, health education and vocational training. It struck me as a very progressive document. The Mission Statement read: “The girls, exiting…