Imagine being a girl going to school in Benin
where you might have to walk miles each day just to get to class
now imagine going to school with 8 hours of manual labor/chores to do each day (boys have none)
and imagine staying in school despite being made fun of in and out of the classroom, and being pressured to get married and get pregnant at a very young age
and now imagine, despite all this, getting straight As.
These are the girls I am working with this week, Camp Success de la Donga. We have recruited the 3 top girls from each school in the Donga, one from three different classes (classes are based on merit, not age, so the age range we have is from about 8 - 16 years old, 57 girls total). We have them here for the week, all expenses paid, and are running sessions on how to succeed in school, how to recognize malnutrition and the basic food groups, what to do before/during/after sexual assault, how to reach out to their communities, how and why you should choose a career path, how to brush their teeth, what the negative effects of early pregnancy are, how to be self-confident, how to play sports, and many more.
Some of those subjects probably seem pretty easy, and they are. These girls don't know these things simply because no one has ever told them.
The concept behind this camp was to mobilize the girls throughout the region, so that they may inspire and influence the girls and the people in their respective areas - 3 girls from each school so that only one girl doesn't have the burden of spreading this information by herself.
It will be a fun rest of the week, and after that: American Blitzkrieg!
This is a 2 day bout here in Djougou, the American Volunteers against the German Volunteers in honor of the 4th of July. Saturday is a soccer match, and sunday is an American football match. The Donga Radio station has been advertising the match all week, so we expect a turnout similar to that of last year, with a couple hundred Beninese spectators. Monday, on the 4th of july, we are having a bbq cookout.
where you might have to walk miles each day just to get to class
now imagine going to school with 8 hours of manual labor/chores to do each day (boys have none)
and imagine staying in school despite being made fun of in and out of the classroom, and being pressured to get married and get pregnant at a very young age
and now imagine, despite all this, getting straight As.
These are the girls I am working with this week, Camp Success de la Donga. We have recruited the 3 top girls from each school in the Donga, one from three different classes (classes are based on merit, not age, so the age range we have is from about 8 - 16 years old, 57 girls total). We have them here for the week, all expenses paid, and are running sessions on how to succeed in school, how to recognize malnutrition and the basic food groups, what to do before/during/after sexual assault, how to reach out to their communities, how and why you should choose a career path, how to brush their teeth, what the negative effects of early pregnancy are, how to be self-confident, how to play sports, and many more.
Some of those subjects probably seem pretty easy, and they are. These girls don't know these things simply because no one has ever told them.
The concept behind this camp was to mobilize the girls throughout the region, so that they may inspire and influence the girls and the people in their respective areas - 3 girls from each school so that only one girl doesn't have the burden of spreading this information by herself.
It will be a fun rest of the week, and after that: American Blitzkrieg!
This is a 2 day bout here in Djougou, the American Volunteers against the German Volunteers in honor of the 4th of July. Saturday is a soccer match, and sunday is an American football match. The Donga Radio station has been advertising the match all week, so we expect a turnout similar to that of last year, with a couple hundred Beninese spectators. Monday, on the 4th of july, we are having a bbq cookout.
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