Statistics show that 76% of business professionals believe that having a mentor is important, but only 37% have one. Mentors provide a wealth of knowledge and experience to us; they guide us through challenges and increase our likelihood of success; and they lift us up…
There is a lot for you to hear about the world out here. Dear younger me, I am so happy for who I am. I am grateful for every good step that I took back then, but also for the wrong steps. The…
A Kisa Scholar’s two-year journey in the program all leads up to this. The 2 Day Challenge (2DC) is a giant community service project designed to integrate many of the important skills that she has learned from the Kisa Project: project planning, organizing, and…
Learning leadership without practicing it would be a waste of time. A good leader is one who sees a challenge and works tirelessly to address it. The 2 Day Challenge (2DC) is a platform for Kisa Scholars to demonstrate their leadership skills and leave…
Why do we share stories about our Kisa Scholars? To give voice to people who are not normally heard. A story puts an individual face to the girls’ education movement. We all know Malala, of course, but how about a girl like Doreen? Doreen…
“I have two hands – one for helping myself and another one to help other people in society.” Wivini Mtende, Kisa Alumna The concept of volunteerism has not been a cultural practice in Tanzania where AfricAid delivers its extra-curricular leadership and life skills programs…
As much as AfricAid values girls’ education, it also values girls’ health – because the two go hand-in-hand. Girls who are healthy can more easily access education. And, girls who are educated about their health know how to look after themselves more effectively in order…
Have a look at one young woman’s responses on a recent survey of Kisa Alumnae: “I think about the needs and issues facing my community.” “Always” “I consider the Kisa Alumnae Network to be an important resource.” “Yes” “What are you doing…
Fall is recruitment time for new Year One Kisa Scholars to fill the spaces made available by the Year Two Scholars who graduated from AfricAid’s 26 Partner Schools last spring. The team of Kisa Project Managers and Mentors have just added 1,048 girls from both…
Learning leadership and life skills is serious business. So is mentoring and providing support to Tanzanian adolescent girls, many of whom have grown up in very difficult circumstances. It is important to know, though, that AfricAid’s Kisa Project and Binti Shupavu Scholars have a…