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Bringing the Boys Along: GSGC-sponsored Boys Clubs Empowering Girls

GSGC Conference Call

Date: Saturday, September 15, 2018
Time: 9:00 am PST / 12:00 noon EST
Phone: 605-468-8005 (toll free) 
Code:  603003#
GSGC is growing in an exciting new direction-mentoring boys to become men who understand  and embrace the value of educating and empowering girls and women.

Nyika, Prosper and Smokey will share how GSGC boy's clubs are changing attitudes and supporting the work we continue to do with girls in Southern Africa. They will also share what the boys clubs  have in common with the girls clubs and what is very different. We are thrilled to have this amazing  team of dedicated men who are doing this innovative work. Join us for a rich discussion.

"The old man is dying off but there's this new man who has to blend into the 21st century and  who needs to understand that women need to go to school, women need to have opportunities  of going to work. They need to become partners in marriage and community decision-making.  There is no one inferior to the other." 

- Nyika-ino Muyambo, Sisonke Boys Club founder


A Club of Her Own

"It is a great achievement for me to start up this girls club. I really feel like I have a long way to go, but at least I have started something that will contribute to the community and the world at large." 

As a young girl, Edna Mwale joined the Project Luangwa girls club, in Mfuwe, Zambia. This year, Edna graduated from secondary school, returned to her village and started a local girls club. In her own words, Edna tells her journey from girls club member to girls club Auntie, and shares her inspirations, lessons learned, and her dreams for herself and her girls.

Read Edna's story and you'll understand the impact your GSGC donations make. 


Ululate off, GSGC style


On a recent visit to Rise & Shine Girls Club, in Lupinyu, Zimbabwe, three brave GSGC supporters set aside inhibitions and teamed up with the girls to try and learn the ancient practice of ululation. Common in much of Africa, ululation is a long, wavering, high-pitched vocal sound women use in celebration. Auntie Sfe, who leads Rise & Shine, uses it to show pride in her girl's scholastic achievement. 

Lessons were followed by a friendly competition. "What I lacked in technique I tried to make up for with enthusiasm," said Kathy Gordon, one of the visitors from Vancouver, Washington. 

Read the full story and watch a beautiful video of women of different cultures ululating-from farms and cities and mountain tops. 


"Just witnessing history" 


An American GSGC volunteer and retired journalist, who was in Victoria Falls during the recent Zimbabwe presidential election, reports on the historic event - from going to the polls with her hosts, to the vibe on the streets, to the violence in Harare (she received email warnings from the local US Embassy), to the ruling by the Constitutional Court upholding the initial results and naming Emerson D. Mnangagwa of the Zanu PF party the next president.

Excerpt: "When Simba joined us, I told him the officials had allowed me to watch the voting process. Simba was born under British rule, lived through the 1980 revolution and survived nearly four decades of Mugabe's oppressive regime; he told me, 'Your mere presence in the room is progress.'"

Read the full story - you'll feel like you were there.





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