The month of February has been a
very short and exciting month full of activities. The interns who joined us
have been great assets to the club in enabling it run its activities. We
managed to register the entire club member in different schools and we are
looking forward to the next month’s activities.
Entrepreneurship To Launch in Siaya
The entrepreneurship project is to be launched
on the 7th of March in Sigomre. The participants in this workshop
are going to be around 50 pupils selected form all the Girl Power Clubs in
Siaya site. We expect them to share the information they learn with the other
club members and help them in managing their group projects. The survey
conducted in January on this shows a positive outlook towards business and
entrepreneurship.
During the visit to Sigomre in
March, we are also expected to hold a talk in Got Osimbo girls on menstruation
and over bleeding. This was a request by the patron of the club in this school,
since there are very many cases of girls excessively bleeding during
menstruation.
Girl Power Clubs May Go To Busia!
We are progressing with plans to
ensure that the new clubs in Busia are up and running. They have finished their
registration and submitted the forms to us. They are ten new clubs in with
twenty members each. We plan to visit the site and the schools soon. In this
area we are partnering with an organization on the ground called HWAY (Helping
Women and Youth). This organization focuses on children girls and youth, on two areas: disease and poverty eradication. Under poverty eradication
they do fabric making, table banking, Poultry keeping, farming, and Mary go
rounds. Mr. Bernard Wangira is the manager of the organization.
Improvement of Presentations In Sessions
The life skills session coverage
is going on well although exams and midterm breaks are really affecting the
sessions. The girls are enjoying the session a lot. Role play, group work and games
are used to teach the sessions. This has led to a more interactive system of learning and the girls are really enjoying themselves a l
Kibera Girl Power Office Re-Opens For The Year
The Girl Power Club office in
Kibera is operation. The Project Assistant and interns are on site every
working day. We hope to have girls visit the office for sessions as we progress
on.
Use Of Kibera Tennis and Sports Court
Regarding the tennis and sports court in kibera
only one school that is Nazarine Primary has given dates that they will use the
court. We are waiting for feedback from St. Catherine and Nairobi Day. Olympic primary,
Olympic high school and Karen C have playing fields.
February Monthly Girl Power Clubs Sports Day
February ended on a great note
with the Girl Power Club sports day. All
schools were invited and but three failed to come; Huruma girls, Karen C high
school, Nairobi day. They informed us that they had ongoing exams. The schools
that were present include Olympic primary, Olympic high school, St. Catherine
and Nazarine primary. The patrons
present were Mr. Orao from Oympic high, Mr. William Ochieng of St. Catherine
and Mr. Charles of Nazarine Primary school. Mr. Ben Okoth of St .Catherine came
along with the patron from St. Catherine. We played four sports: touch rugby, football, netball and volleyball. These games were refereed by the girls
themselves, which was an excellent leadership development.
Joy Akinyi
Project Coordinator
Girl Power Clubs Africa
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