News From Laikipia | October 2023
For the first time since before the pandemic, we are delighted to bring you some updates directly from our trip out to Kenya!
AN ACTION-PACKED TRIP
It was an action-packed, inspiring, wonderful, motivating trip!
On the first day, Friday September 29th, 65 currently-sponsored students joined 7 of the scholarship alumni for an all-girls empowerment workshop. We played games, listened to the alumni talk about their lives as university students and gainfully employed individuals, and held breakout sessions where we tackled some important questions that these young women face.
The workshop also included guest speakers, including the four-time winner of the Chicago Marathon and world record-breaker, Catherine Ndereba. She was absolutely wonderful and blew everyone away!
On the second day, Saturday September 30th, we brought together the Amazing Girls Running Club, our Puma-funded running club which supports a total of 130 girls across three schools.
Every girl ran a 6km fun run (this was in fact, a very tough and hilly race!). What a sight to behold! 130 students and their teachers, running through Dol Dol village, the closest village to St Francis, where AMGP sends most students. They were all wearing pink T-shirts and it was just fantastic against the greys and browns of the rural landscape. A true statement for the world to see the march of the Amazing Girls!
Everyone left the event feeling motivated and with a greater connection to one another.
As an organization we especially happy to have engaged with our alumni and leaders of local grassroots women’s groups. This has been the first step in bringing local women into the operations and management of the charity - always the absolute goal.
About Amazing Maasai Girls Project
Amazing Maasai Girls Project creates education and running opportunities for smart, ambitious Maasai women in Kenya who lack the financial resources to attend school. The support they receive during their high school years can set these girls up for a future where they can pursue a college degree or vocational training and employment. Amazing Girls are equipped with the knowledge and confidence to refuse early marriage and motherhood; they may dare to look beyond their significant immediate constraints towards a better life for themselves, their families and wider community.
Snapshots from the AMGP Workshop & Fun Run, October 2023.