Worth Sharing

WS

Stories That Matter

# Kids

A Girl's Journey from Dollar-a-day Malawi to Elite US Prep School

avatar By Jeanne Goddard

28 Aug 2009 39 views
Size Print
Email
A Girl's Journey from Dollar-a-day Malawi to Elite US Prep School
In an unlikely journey that most girls in Malawi can only dream of, a 16-year-old from a rural village spent the summer attending Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire. She's one of 17 girls who go to secondary school in Malawi thanks to scholarships from Advancing Girls' Education in Africa (AGE), a small nonprofit organization founded four years ago.

In an unlikely journey that most girls in Malawi can only dream of, a 16-year-old from a rural village spent the summer attending Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire.

She's one of 17 girls who go to secondary school in Malawi thanks to scholarships from Advancing Girls' Education in Africa (AGE), a small nonprofit organization founded four years ago with donations from Christian Science Monitor readers.

She wants to use her time at Exeter in pursuit of her goal: helping to ease the shortage of doctors in Malawi by becoming one.

(Continue reading in the CS Monitor)

Tags:
avatar

About author

More posts

# Kids

Boy Saves Gorillas, One Egg at a Time

When James Brooks got a chance to meet the gorillas at the Toronto Zoo, it was definitely the highlight of his day. He is the founder of a charity that helps protect the rare eastern lowland gorillas in the Democratic Republic of Congo through support for a group of widows and schoolchildren living nearby The […]

# Kids

5-Year-Old Helps Feed 18,000 People

5-year-old Phoebe became sad after seeing a hunger person holding a cardboard sign on the street. She decided she wanted to help feed these people and knew that she could raise money by recycling cans, because her dad would bring her to trade cans for cash on the weekends. Collecting a nickel per can she wildly exceeded her goal of raising one thousand dollars and donated much more to the San Francisco food bank.

You might be interested in

Be the first to comment

Leave a Comment

Recent Stories
  • A Heartfelt Reminder to Appreciate the Ones We Love
    05 Sep 106 Views
  • Cherish the Woman Who Stands by You
    05 Sep 85 Views
  • Breaking Generational Cycles of Pain
    05 Sep 78 Views
  • Living by Your Own Values, Not Others' Approval
    05 Sep 91 Views
  • When Life Brings Rain, It’s Okay to Rest
    05 Sep 495 Views
  • Before You Judge Someone's Life, Take a Moment to Walk in Their Shoes.
    05 Sep 207 Views