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October 16, 2024
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….
Read MoreOctober 5, 2024
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. …
Read MoreAugust 23, 2024
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
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
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 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…
Read MoreTogether, we can show the world that there’s nothing a girl can’t do.