Last week three women, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian Leymah Gbowee and Tawakul Karman of Yemen, were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their tremendous peace building efforts in their respective countries. This announcement came on the heels of several global conferences, including CGI 2011, during which international leaders…
+ Read MoreIt’s Blog Action Day 2011 and we’re all here for the main course, that is, the discourse on food. It may come as no surprise that nutrition, poverty, and international development are all intricately linked, and many poignant words will be written on this very topic today. You’ll probably read…
+ Read MoreJust recently, MGEF was selected by the GlobalGiving Foundation to participate in its Open Challenge, a fundraising opportunity for nonprofit organizations working around the world. In order to succeed in GlobalGiving’s Open Challenge, we must raise $4,000 from at least 50 donors by December 31st. If this threshold is met,…
+ Read MoreSuburban Hospital Helps Kenyan Woman Pursue Medical Degree She could become only the third Maasai woman to become a doctor. To Read Complete Article in Bethesda Magazine
+ Read MoreOpportunity Seized Kenyan medical student Gloria Kotente Mumeita, a member of the Maasai tribe, is shadowing doctors at Suburban Hospital and the National Institutes of Health through mid-December. Mumeita’s trip to the United States was organized and funded by Tracey Pyles right, an emergency physician at Suburban. Pyles is president…
+ Read MoreThe Huffington Post features Maasai Girls Education Fund along with nine other Washington, DC based nonprofits as a top organization helping women and girls. Click the sneakpeak image below to read the full article, and be sure to vote for MGEF by May 31st, 2013 (the poll is directly below…
+ Read MoreMary Grace Henry, Founder of Reverse the Course and Reverse the Course Foundation, was recently interviewed by News 12 in New York regarding her newest goal: to send 100 girls to school. She is in the running for a $10,000 grant from Kids Who Give. Cast your vote for Mary…
+ Read MoreA&U Magazine, a publication that highlights “creative responses” to living with HIV/AIDS, features Cate Cameron and her NGO, Cameras4Change, in a January 10, 2013 article. Maasai Girls Education Fund (MGEF), Kajiado is mentioned as a collaborative partner during Cameron’s most recent trip to Kenya, during which she and her team…
+ Read MoreOn November 2nd, 2012, MGEF Founder Barbara Lee Shaw spoke on the WPFW 89.3 FM radio show “In Our Voices – Spirit In Action,” along with Marsha Wallace, Founder of Dining for Women (DFW), and Ursula Daniels, a member of DFW. The hour-long segment focused on DFW’s work and their…
+ Read MoreMGEF student, Catherine Timanoi Koyiah, is featured along with her sponsor, Aid for Africa, in the September 19, 2012 issue of Washington DC’s Express. Click below to read the article:
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