Stay connected to the news, our team and our young people through these stories and regular updates on Facebook, Instagram and the GSGC blog.
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Over the Top, Thanks to You! |
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We exceeded our fiscal year-end fundraising goal with the help of all who donated to this campaign. Your gifts will allow us to continue our current partners’ programming and expand into other communities in 2021. The stories in this newsletter are why your support is important, and why we are so grateful. |
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News of successes among Global Sojourns Giving Circle-sponsored clubs is spreading. Girls, boys and entire communities are asking for the GSGC grass-roots model. What a great opportunity to show you, our donors, what we’re sharing with interested people in Southern Africa. |
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For new donors, we hope this explanation of How We Do It gives you more insight into the workings of GSGC. For long-time donors, we hope it reaffirms why we do the work you help us do. |
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“Follow our Facebook and Instagram pages and share a post to your profile about what inspires you about GSGC’s work to empower girls and strengthen communities in Southern Africa. Use the hashtag #IBelieveInTheDifference. Tag us in your post!
We’ll select the best share to win a T-shirt emblazoned with GSGC’s motto: I hear you. I see you. I believe in you.
This cozy T-shirt is courtesy of our friends and supporters at The Difference Clothing Boutique, with stores in Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, Washington. Thank you!” |
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Boys Into Bakers
Girls Into Gardeners
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By Nyika Muyambo, Mentor, Sisonke Boys Club, outside Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
We’re receiving a lot of positive feedback recently from parents and the community about our baking project. Baking became my passion during the lockdown. Every parent was happy to see their boys taking initiative to cook for the family. One boy has started a business selling bread rolls after learning how to bake.
The most impressive thing is that boys are realizing there is no such thing called gender roles. Rather, it’s a cultural practice that deprives men of some of their talent and privilege to work as a family and help one another.
In a village assembly meeting, the traditional leaders acknowledged and appreciated the work we are doing. This showed that everyone is seeing results, and we are no longer a threat to some cultural practices, but recognized as community developers.
We also had one of the village heads bring his son for counseling. And we (were) approached by the soccer team coaches to help their team members understand what behaviors can end in charges of statutory rape. We will be teaching them more about respecting women and girls.
Gardening became the passion of my wife, Talent, during lockdown. She is often outside teaching gardening to the eight girls in her new Sisonke Girls Club while I am often inside teaching boys how to bake bread. Now that is gender equality.
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And... Sisonke Says Thank You
What a wonderful day indeed we had with the boys as we got together to play, relax, and, above all, celebrate those who participated in the Creative Expressions contest and issue them their certificates.
To motivate and inspire the boys, we invited a chef who works in one of the lodges in town, and he shared about his journey until he became an executive chef.
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Thanks to GSGC for your continued support. The boys are forever grateful.
-- Mentor Prosper Siphambili, Sisonke Boys Club, outside Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
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Mentoring the Mentors: Passing It Forward |
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Veteran Mentor Agness Buya Yombwe (left) of Wayi Wayi Art Enrichment for Girls and Boys in Livingstone, Zambia, shares her experience completing a GSGC grant proposal with newer Mentor Pestrida Muleya, who started Isepe Girls Club in a rural area outside Livingstone.
Agness also is helping Pestrida set up a trust for her club. Mentors’ professional and personal bonds have only strengthened during the pandemic by staying in close touch by phone during strict lockdowns, and now, as restrictions ease, having some fun together.
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Empowering Youth: Examples from the Field |
Check out what girls and boys are doing at this stage of the pandemic, thanks to your support. Read updates from GSGC-sponsored clubs in cities, towns and rural areas. |
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A Conversation with an Elephant Researcher |
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Learn about elephant expert Dr. Tabitha Finch of Burlington, Vermont, and tap into her white paper about the connection between educating girls and wildlife conservation, Empowering Girls, Supporting Conservation. See Finch in the field. Get a glimpse into her work and passion. |
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Believe Club alumna Evelyn completed three years at the David Livingstone School of Education in Livingstone, Zambia, graduating recently with a merit in teaching.
Congratulations! Best wishes!
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Believe Club alumna Mutinta was recently accepted to the nursing program at the Livingstone Central Hospital School of Nursing and Midwifery, in Livingstone, Zambia. Congratulations! Best wishes! |
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