When left on my own…
My goal for this decade of my life is to go abroad and assist with empowering women and girls to overcome inequility and poverty. I am still researching exactly how I am going to do that. I have spent a lot of time reading blogs and websites on people who are doing just that. I am so moved by what I am reading.
I believe, as do many others, that when you educate a girl you change the world. Here in the US it is expected that girls go to school. It is expected, necessary at times, for woman to work. A lot of us take this for granted. They waste the wonderful life altering experience that is education. In many parts of the world a girl would love to go to school without fear of rape or a beating or depriving their families of resources. Many girls are not allowed to go to school. Many girls who are virgins are either kidnapped or sold into the sex trade. This is a huge injustice to the world. These girls are worth more than that.
I am currently reading “Half the Sky” by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl Wudunn. It is fueling my fire even more. I want to get involved. I want to help. I have found many ways to do so. I would like to post them here and maybe you will hear the call to help and join me.
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Another good author on this subject is Greg Mortenson. His books “Three Cups of Tea” and “Stones to Schools” are about a group he founded that has built schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan for girls.
| Posted 1 year, 9 months ago