By Richard Montgomery | Executive Director
We are happy to report program success! All of the Maasai 72 are protected and in school.
Here is a letter of thanks from Carole, the local humanitarian we support.
APPRECIATION TO GLOBAL ROOTS!
Hello and happy New Year!
I want to express my sincere gratitude to Global Roots for your generosity. I really appreciate your kindness and immense support you have given me towards the girl child education and the stopping of FGM. The girls have found peace of mind and psychological stability. Through your support, girls have food, clothing, bedding and most importantly school fees. Together with Cindy, we are very grateful to see girls going to school who otherwise would have vanished in early marriages and barbaric practices of FGM. I was very happy to see teams from Global Roots our home and to know the actual challenges we are facing. - thanks so much!
We had difficulties in paying school fees, food, and clothing. But through direct Global Roots aid, the lives of our girls have been greatly uplifted.
Finally, let's appreciate the entire global roots- the founders, the staff, the partners and their families for the great job they are doing for the needy in general and to Naserian in particular. Thanks so much and may God bless you abundantly!
Carole
Program update:
We visited Carole's rescue center twice this year to deliver food, clothing, bedding and a year's worth of female hygiene products (Maxi thin pads -- thanks Fairmont Hotels!) to Carole's girls. Most importantly, we helped to pay thousands of dollars worth of boarding school fees.
Side project:
During our last visit to Carole's home we hired a young man named Kip who runs a very small internet cafe in Kilgoris to visit Carole's home once a week so that her girls can Skype with girls their age or a little older in the USA. There are clubs sprouting up across the USA to support Carole including one in Portland, OR (Lincoln High school), a prep school in Baltimore and a college chapter at the University of Washington in Seattle.
Project data:
Global Roots remains the only outside support for Carole's 72 Maasai girls.
There are 49 girls going to boarding school and 23 going to local public schools. Our transparency manager Anthony Kigondu will deliver the funds in two weeks that will make it possible for all girls to attend boarding school immediately. 23 girls currently attend day school and sleep every night in Carole's small home.
We don't like the idea of any girl going to day school because of the danger of walking there unescorted on a daily basis. Furthermore, Carole's home isn't large enough to sleep so many girls.
The girls are currently attending Christ the King Academy, Shartuka Girls Secondary, Enoosaen Girls Secondary, Kilgoris Girls Secondary and Sosio Secondary School.
Anthony Kigondu is preparing a detailed report that will give us a full biographical sketch on the life of each girl -- where she goes to school, her debt there and when the next boarding school fees are due.
Oversight and transparency trip:
Global Roots transparency officer Anthony Kigondu is scheduled to conduct an oversight visit to Carole's home in two weeks. Traveling with Anthony is Lucy Odhiambo, Global Roots human resources manager, Kenya.
While Anthony studies Carole's books Lucy will sit down with each of the Maasai 72 to ask several important questions. The most important questions: are you currently going to school, what is the name of it and how long have you been going there. Lucy will also compile a personal history about each of the girl that we support so that we are dealing with names and personalities -- not just numbers.
Anthony and Lucy's report will help prove that all documentation received from Carole's camp (including 49 copies of boarding school fees -- see attached) is for real.
The future
As Carole's only outside support, we must continue to raise funds for Carole's girls. Fortunately, a dormitory is under construction and beds will be given to Carole's girls when they are home from boarding school. We are monitoriing the constructon of the dormitory.
Global Roots is busy setting up a scholarship program for the Maasai 72. The first girl who ran away from home to protect herself from forced marriage and Female Genital Mutilation is about to graduate high school and has no funds for college. Please see Ann (she is holding the muppet) in the group shot. Ann is the leader of the Maasai 72. Without her, none of the others would have found a home!
Ann is one of the bravest girls in the world.
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