This Woman’s Work

With the release of Forbes’ list of 100 most powerful women, I was reminded of my Political Economy class in college where we discussed the impact women have on the world.

When you educate a woman, you educate a community.

Camfed, the Campaign for Female Education, is an international organization dedicated to eradicating poverty in Africa through the education of girls and empowerment of young women.

The following is a short film from Camfed featuring Mgata, a teacher-mentor in a school in rural Tanzania who sees it as her mission to help any girl who is on the verge of dropping out of school. Her goal: to provide them with social and financial support, enabling them to finish school and become leaders in their community.

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One Response to “This Woman’s Work”

  1. Nov 30, 08 at 2:58 pm

    L Martin Johnson Pratt said:

    I love this post will be passing it along to group of tireless educators in NYC. Thank YOU


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