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Maasai Girls Education Fund - Educating a generation of Maasai girls in Kenya
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The Maasai Girls Education Fund (MGEF) was created to improve the literacy, health, and economic well-being of Maasai women in Kenya through education. To achieve its mission, the organization is committed to the complete education of a majority of Maasai girls over the next 20 years. Through this long-term effort, the next generation of Maasai women will have an opportunity for economic independence and the ability to education the next generation themselves.
MGEF has an holistic approach to achieving its mission. To have a significant impact, the education of girls must go hand-in-hand with the education of the community in which they live. Accordingly, MGEF works in partnership with the community, including local area chiefs and women advocates for education of girls, to address social and cultural institutions, such as early marriage and female circumcision, which sustain illiteracy among women, contribute toward the spread of HIV/AIDS, perpetuate poverty, and result in the marginalization of the Maasai in Kenya.
MGEF provides scholarships for girls who would otherwise never go to school and those who would have to end their education early for cultural or economic reasons. MGEF is committed to helping each student achieve economic independence through secondary school, vocational school, or college. MGEF also sponsors life skills workshops for students, practical skills workshops for rural Maasai women, and HIV/AIDS education workshops for the community. These outreach efforts are fundamental to the success of MGEF's mission to educate a generation.
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