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Kim Chakanetsa speaks to two women from Kenya and India who have established their own schools about the life-changing impact an education can have for their communities. For Dr Kakenya Ntaiya, the dream of an education turned into a lifelong mission to empower girls in rural Kenya. She founded the Kakenya Center for Excellence, a primary boarding school for girls in southwest Kenya. The school has grown into a successful nonprofit organization called Kakenya's Dream with a focus on education, health and leadership. You can find out more by searching @KakenyasDream on major social media platforms.After spending decades at the top of the corporate ladder, Shukla Bose decided to shift direction, fuelled by a desire to alleviate social injustice. She founded Parikrma Humanity Foundation, a nonprofit organization that runs English-medium schools for under-privileged children in Bangalore. For more information, please search @parikrma_foundation on Instagram.Produced by Emily Naylor(Image: (L) Kakenya Ntaiya, credit Lee-Ann Olwage. (R) Shukla Bose, courtesy of Shukla Bose.)
Kakenya Ntaiya turned her dream of getting an education into a movement to empower vulnerable girls and bring an end to harmful traditional practices in Kenya. Meet two students at the Kakenya Center for Excellence, a school where girls can live and study safely -- and uplift their community along the way. "When you empower a girl, you transform a community,"Ntaiya says. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
カケンヤ・ンテイヤは教育を受けたいという自分の夢を、立場の弱い女の子たちに力を与え、彼女達にとって害のあるケニアの伝統を終わらせる活動へと昇華させました。カケンヤの作った学校、Kakenya Center for Excellenceの2人の生徒をご紹介します。この学校は安全に女の子たちが暮らし、学習できるように彼女が作った学校で、地域社会をも盛り立てています。「女の子に力を与えることで、同時に地域社会を変えることができるのです」と、ンテイヤは言います。
Какения Нтайя мечтала получить образование. Движение в защиту прав и возможностей девочек, выросшее из её мечты, призвано положить конец вредным и опасным традиционным практикам в Кении. Познакомьтесь с двумя ученицами из Kakenya Center for Excellence — школы, где девочки могут жить и учиться в безопасности и одновременно изменять к лучшему общество, в котором живут. «Давая девочкам больше прав и возможностей, вы преображаете общество», — говорит Нтайя.
Kakenya Ntaiya transformou seu sonho de estudar em um movimento de empoderamento de meninas em situação de vulnerabilidade, trazendo um fim a práticas tradicionais nocivas no Quênia. Conheça duas alunas do Kakenya Center for Excellence ("Centro de Excelência Kakenya"), uma escola onde meninas podem viver e estudar em segurança, e melhorar sua comunidade ao longo desse processo. "Quando empoderamos uma menina, transformamos uma comunidade", afirma Ntaiya.
Kakenya Ntaiya a transformé son rêve de bénéficier d’une éducation en un mouvement pour autonomiser les filles et mettre un terme aux traditions dangereuses au Kenya. Vous rencontrerez deux élèves du Kakenya Center for Excellence — une école où les filles peuvent vivre et étudier en toute sécurité, et met en avant sa communauté. Ntaiya le dit : « Lorsque vous rendez une fille autonome, vous transformez une communauté. »
Kakenya Ntaiya turned her dream of getting an education into a movement to empower vulnerable girls and bring an end to harmful traditional practices in Kenya. Meet two students at the Kakenya Center for Excellence, a school where girls can live and study safely -- and uplift their community along the way. "When you empower a girl, you transform a community," Ntaiya says.
Kakenya Ntaiya turned her dream of getting an education into a movement to empower vulnerable girls and bring an end to harmful traditional practices in Kenya. Meet two students at the Kakenya Center for Excellence, a school where girls can live and study safely -- and uplift their community along the way. "When you empower a girl, you transform a community," Ntaiya says.
Kakenya Ntaiya transformou seu sonho de estudar em um movimento de empoderamento de meninas em situação de vulnerabilidade, trazendo um fim a práticas tradicionais nocivas no Quênia. Conheça duas alunas do Kakenya Center for Excellence ("Centro de Excelência Kakenya"), uma escola onde meninas podem viver e estudar em segurança, e melhorar sua comunidade ao longo desse processo. "Quando empoderamos uma menina, transformamos uma comunidade", afirma Ntaiya.
Kakenya Ntaiya a transformé son rêve de bénéficier d’une éducation en un mouvement pour autonomiser les filles et mettre un terme aux traditions dangereuses au Kenya. Vous rencontrerez deux élèves du Kakenya Center for Excellence — une école où les filles peuvent vivre et étudier en toute sécurité, et met en avant sa communauté. Ntaiya le dit : « Lorsque vous rendez une fille autonome, vous transformez une communauté. »
Какения Нтайя мечтала получить образование. Движение в защиту прав и возможностей девочек, выросшее из её мечты, призвано положить конец вредным и опасным традиционным практикам в Кении. Познакомьтесь с двумя ученицами из Kakenya Center for Excellence — школы, где девочки могут жить и учиться в безопасности и одновременно изменять к лучшему общество, в котором живут. «Давая девочкам больше прав и возможностей, вы преображаете общество», — говорит Нтайя.
カケンヤ・ンテイヤは教育を受けたいという自分の夢を、立場の弱い女の子たちに力を与え、彼女達にとって害のあるケニアの伝統を終わらせる活動へと昇華させました。カケンヤの作った学校、Kakenya Center for Excellenceの2人の生徒をご紹介します。この学校は安全に女の子たちが暮らし、学習できるように彼女が作った学校で、地域社会をも盛り立てています。「女の子に力を与えることで、同時に地域社会を変えることができるのです」と、ンテイヤは言います。
Kakenya Ntaiya, Founder and President of the Kakenya Center for Excellence, spoke about, “Empowering Girls, Transforming Communities: The Power of Grassroots Leadership,” on Thursday, March 8, 2018 – which also coincided with International Women’s Day. Dr. Ntaiya spoke about her organization’s “recipe” for transformative change within a community: educating a girl. The talk was moderated by Dr. Ana Langer.
Kakenya Ntaiya, founder of the Kakenya Center for Excellence, and Pamela Reeves, Watson Institute Senior Fellow, discuss genital mutilation, education, and the power of engaging the next generation of women in Kenya.