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Causes: Children & Youth, Children & Youth Services, Family Services, Human Services

Mission: The mission of Girls Rising is to empower girls from eight years of age to early adulthood through a sisterhood of mentorship and career readiness support. Our Girls Rising Mentorship Program is built through example and community. We believe the value of mentorship is realized through positive modeling and support for girls aged 8-17 from San Diego and Riverside County areas with the greatest need. Our program for young women between 18-24, Women Emerging, focuses on career readiness and personal development.

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FAITH_S General Member of the Public

Rating: 5

04/22/2016

The rent we all pay for living is giving . I give because I have been given so much. Having lost my mother the bread winner of my family at a tender age of nine, I knew that was the end of life until I got to Starehe Girls' Centre an A national boarding school in Kenya that offers education to financially disadvantaged girls.
Well one thing people don't know about me is that I have even gone to school with no shoes, to be precise barefooted :)
I have volunteered in Kakenya Centre of Excellence empowering young maasai girls and also since I was seventeen I have been a regional ambassador for girl rising spearheading the fund raising of young girls to go back to school because education has made me beautiful, powerful and respectable. Every time I make impact in a girls life I am happy because I believe my purpose is to help other girls out there who also need a hand to achieve their dreams.

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