“Investing in girls and women is likely to prevent inter-generational cycles of poverty and yield high economic and societal returns.” —Ban Ki-Moon, United Nations Secretary-General
As an affirmation of our commitment to redraw the grim picture depicting girl child's place in the education circles, Children of Kibera Foundation in partnership with LitWorld organised a procession across Kibera’s main streets to join thousands of other like minded comrades in standing up for the Girl child.
In our walk, we expressed solidarity to the 24 million girls who can’t afford to go to school in Sub-Saharan Africa. In our walk we demonstrated our mission to cut the cycle in which the illiterate girl gets married off at the age of 13 and has a one in 22 chance of dying at childbirth.
We stood up for the girl child to paint a picture in which the educated girl earns up to 25 percent more, three times less likely to become HIV-positive a picture that places the girl child in her rightful place in the society.
With over two hundred girls from Kibera, we marched with the band, we waved our banners high for the world to see, we recited poetry giving hope to the girl child.WE STOOD UP for the GIRLCHILD!
The march...
The Band...
A jig for the girl child.
flowing poetry
flowing poetry
THE GIRLS!
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