October 16, 2024
Anne Robinson Wadsworth to Retire from Girls Education Collaborative in Spring 2025
GEC founder and executive director created and expanded Buffalo-based organization to support local efforts in Africa to build educational opportunities for girls Girls Education Collaborative (GEC) founder and executive director Anne Robinson Wadsworth has announced plans to retire from the organization that works to bring global social change through the transformational power of girls education….
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GEC IS HIRING!
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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April 10, 2024
Building Relationships and Impact: A Visit to Tanzania with GEC, February 2024
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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November 20, 2019
The Words We Use
I’ve been wanting this to happen for about three years and now suddenly, we’re here. A new website!!! Why didn’t we re-do our site three years ago? Ultimately, too time consuming, too many options to choose from and too much money. Apparently, fate meant us to wait because when it all did click into place this time, the team we had assembled dramatically lessened each of these pressure points. Overall, it was not as painful a process as I had been dreading. Yeah!
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December 5, 2017
Rich’s Family Foundation Highlights Partnership with GEC
In December 2017, the Rich Products team wrote a blog highlighting its relationship with Girls Education Collaborative over the years.
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September 18, 2017
Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai Visits Buffalo
by Tracey Drury, Reporter for Buffalo Business First A visit to Buffalo by Malala Yousafzai Tuesday night will provide a huge opportunity for a local nonprofit agency to help grow awareness about educational opportunity for girls around the world. Yousafzai, or just “Malala” as she’s become known around the world, has spent most of her…
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June 23, 2017
What Could Be More Epic?
May 24th, 2017 was the Dedication/Inauguration/celebration, of the opening of the Kitenga School For Girls. May 24th was an epic day. Why? For so many reasons: Mother Nature rested her harsh rains; the new campus looked beautiful and the ceremonial tents, like a fairytale castle. The program demonstrated the girls’ passion, devotion and pride in their…
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March 14, 2017
“Betsy’s House, truly a dream come to life”- Shelby Deck
It must have been the hyenas. On my first night in Betsy’s House, I could hear them out there in the dark talking about their day in their unique howling “Whrrrooooooooooop” noise. Switching off my solar lantern, I lay there thinking #1, this is just SO cool and #2 about my own day and the…
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January 6, 2017
Why I Support GEC- Guillemette Dejean
Hi I’m Guillemette! I’m a French expatriate, founder of a tech company and ever since I can remember, a fervent advocate of gender equality. Building opportunities for girls is crucial but equally important is how we achieve that. And that’s why I chose to work with GEC: the Whole Girl approach is remarkable. The GEC model…
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