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May 13, 2016
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…
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December 18, 2015
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…
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October 19, 2015
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…
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September 14, 2015
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…
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September 6, 2015
While the mission of Girls Education Collaborative is to create opportunities for girls in developing countries, our roots are firmly planted in Buffalo, and we are deeply grateful for the tremendous support we have received from the City of Good Neighbors. Forging local partnerships to make a global impact is key to the work of nonprofits…
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October 1, 2014
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…
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