Atsikana Pa Ulendo: Girls on the Move! (Malawi)

Found this on a scrap peice of paper in my binder today, thought id write it on here:


Nov. 3rd
DREAMS CAN COME TRUE! IF YOU HAVE THE DRIVE AND THE DETERMINATION, YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING YOUR HEART DESIRES. Take Memory Chazeza for example. A orphaned girl from Malawi (one of the poorest countries in the world) who grew up amongst poverty and illness, she struggled to complete her education. Once she had finished her secondary school education, she had a dream, in which she wanted to help other girls in Malawi who didn't have access to education be able to finish secondary school and get a degree for themselves. In 2000, she met a Canadian teacher named Christie that was working at the same school as Memory was and they decided to join heads and make this dream a reality. Six years later 22 of their previous students had finished their secondary schooling and further training. This was just the beginning for Memory and Christie!

After joining forces, they opened their school Atsikana Pa Ulendo (Girls On The Move) Secondary School, which opened to the first 80girls (all full scholarship!) in January 2008. 80 More girls are accepted each year and through sponsership and fundraising taking part in Canada through Christie.
After Memory and Christie's presentation to my Social Justice 12 class today I felt so inspired. If these two woman could go into a country as poor as Malawi and take a dream of giving girls of Malawi the opportunity to have Secondary education and turn it into reality, then there is no reason I couldn't make it into a UWC!