Cows to keep Kenyan girls in school

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These Girls Complain If They Can't Go To School
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Hello pencils, hello books, hello teacher's dirty looks. Yes, school is back in session. And students are no doubt grumbling about the end of the carefree summer. But in some parts of the world, there are kids who don't get a chance to complain about ...

The 90-year-old Kenyan at school with her great great grandchildren

New girls' high school comes aboard
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CONSTRUCTION of a new special high school for girls at the Northern Tarime District is almost ready, thanks to the Central Government that coughed up over 900m/- to finance the project. The high school is being set up in Borega Village, a few kilometres ...

Tarime school for girls almost completed
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CONSTRUCTION of a special high school for girls in the northern parts of Tarime District, Mara Region is in good progress, it has been established. Officials say already construction of several premises including classrooms of the planned high school have ...

Between January and May this year only six cases were reported compared to 22 pregnancies during the same period last year, according to the officer commanding district (OCD) Zuberi Chembera.

>For Olga Elikwita a Form Four student at Matimbwa Secondary School in Bagamoyo  District, missing school on certain days has become a routine.  Like other girls who come from poor families, sanitary towels are luxury items. “There are times I have to miss school because I don’t have sanitary towel. I prefer staying at home for some days since I feel very uncomfortable at school,” says Olga.

Asnath Aboubakar dreams of becoming a pediatric nurse due to her love for babies and to make that happen, she takes every chance including studying hard to make that dream come true.

The government of Japan has donated $498,738 (about Sh900 million) for the expansion of Wama Nakayama Secondary School in Rufiji.

Telecom firm scales up school girls' project
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FOLLOWING the success registered in the first phase of T-MARC Tanzania's Hakuna Wasichoweza Girls Empowerment Project, the Vodacom has committed additional $166,000 (about 299m/-) to reach 4,200 girls in 10 new schools in Mtwar a Region.
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