For some context, this blog reviews where African Girls Can operates – from the bird’s eye view of Uganda to a closer look at the rural northern part of the country where our students come from and attend school. Together, let’s learn something about this region, its people and its culture. For those who have […]
Learning to Learn
Today is the first day of the second term in the 2019 school year at St. Katherine and the girls are returning from their three week break at home with their families. Grades from the first term were fairly weak. We felt disappointed, and we’re sure that the girls feel bewildered and overwhelmed with […]
“Optimism is an Antidote to Fear”
Michelle Obama’s memoir, “Becoming,” has become an international best seller, translated into 31 languages. In North America, it sold over 2 million copies in the first 15 days after its release on November 13, 2018, making it the best selling hard cover book of the year. By the end of March, 2019, over 10 million […]
CWA Speakers Promote Gender Equality
Conference on World Affairs April 2018 / 2019 The annual Conference on World Affairs at the University of Colorado brings in thinkers and doers from around the world for panels on many topics. Girls’ and women’s empowerment is one of the general themes each year. African Girls Can shares the insights of two […]
Giving Back Becomes Part of the Culture
Community involvement and volunteer spirit are two of African Girls Can’s core principles. In addition to a good education, it is very important to raise citizens who have a servant spirit and a sense of responsibility to their community and others who are in need. In this way students learn in the early years that […]
What I Learned about Michelle Obama
The hottest book of the 2018 holiday season is without a doubt Michelle Obama’s autobiography, “Becoming.” People are filling auditoriums to hear her in person as she travels around the US on her book tour. Now that she is no longer First Lady, she can speak very frankly about issues that are important to her […]
Too Much Sunshine – Flavia’s Story
My name is Adong Flavia from St. Katherine Secondary School. I am 18 years old. I would like to appreciate all of the supporters and well-wishers of the African Girls Can organization for their support in uplifting and empowering girls in Africa. I joined the AGC organization as a scholar this year, 2018, in Form […]
Our Teacher Liaison Provides Extra Support and Attention
Imagine leaving home for the first time, sleeping in a strange new place with a roomful of girls you do not know and adopting a whole new daily routine. You were a bright primary school student, but the expectations are SO much higher in secondary school. It is like a whirlwind – in your first […]
Serendipity – Ketty’s Story
Serendipity. Noun. The occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way. Phoebe Mulinde’s search for one of the new students to add to African Girls Can this year is a remarkable story. It is suspenseful and truly one of serendipity. We’ll let Phoebe herself explain what happened when she recruited […]
Learning to Give Back
One significant outcome of providing an education to girls in rural Uganda is exposing them to the concepts of volunteerism and giving back to their communities. This is a core tenet of African Girls Can, in fact, as annual participation in a community give-back activity is a requirement for maintaining a student’s scholarship. The community […]
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