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Summarizing our 2018 Efforts

We recently completed our annual IRS reporting paperwork, which always catalyzes some thinking and reflecting about our achievements of the past year.  We are in our ninth year of existence as one of the only organizations in Samburu focused exclusively…

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SYEF Girls Share Training in Rwanda

In December 2018, five SYEF graduates joined our local board chair for a trip to the Lake Bunyonyi region of southern Uganda for a young women’s leadership summit.  They joined other young women from Uganda, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic…

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Our 9th cohort of youth leaders

Our 9th cohort of youth leaders were selected at the end of 2018, a few weeks in advance of the beginning of the new school year in January 2019. These seven boys and five girls join 16 other boys and…

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Our 8th annual Harambee Fundraiser

Our 8th annual Harambee Fundraiser is on deck for Thursday, November 8 in Fort Collins, Colorado. Food, drinks, beadwork sales, art auction and more. Most importantly, we love gathering a community of people who value education, empowerment and doing good…

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Social change program kicks-off

In April we launched our Samburu Achieving with Aspirations (SAWA) program, a year-long social change program focused on identifying and prioritizing community issues, understanding root causes of the issues, and developing innovative and creative solutions. Our third- and fourth-year students…

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Alumni evaluation yields promising results!

In Summer 2018 we conducted our first comprehensive evaluation of our SYEF graduates to-date, a total of 53 young men and women who completed high school since SYEF started in 2011. The results are extremely positive! Nearly 100% of our…

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The highlight of our year

The highlight of our year is always our annual celebration in early January when we acknowledge our most recent group of graduates, and introduce our new scholarship recipients to the Samburu community.  It’s a day of traditional songs and dances, a…

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Two 2017 Harambe Events!

It was a double-header of Harambee events this season, with one in Fort Collins and a second in Denver a week later. This year the events were punctuated with attendance and presentation by Apin, our Samburu-based coordinator, as part of…

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Our annual Harambee fundraiser is coming up!

Our annual Harambee fundraiser is coming up!  This year our Harambee will be highlighted like never before, with our Samburu-based coordinator Apin Yasin in attendance during his first-ever trip outside of Kenya!  And, we’ve added a Happy Hour Harambee in…

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During the first school break

During the first school break of the year, our youth participated in a multi-day workshop facilitated by Stephen Muasya of Daraja Academy about conflict, gender-based violence and leadership. Employing a variety of activities and small group discussions, the students immersed…

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