Challenge
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Abstract
Kenya has an estimated slum population of 2.2 million. Lately there have been arson attacks on slums rendering most homeless and young girls affected because of the harsh living conditions. Young girls lack the basic necessities to enable them attend school and interact with peers during menses and majority withdraw from others as they see it as a penalty and not a course of nature. Most slum girls lack access to education and are disadvantaged as they may have no way out of the problem. Sanitary towels are too costly forcing them to use old clothing and tissue paper. Teachers face challenges keeping girls performance at par with boys. During menses time, most girls are shamed as everyone knows why they are absent lowering their self esteem. The regime has been lobbied to subsidize sanitary towels’ rate but the law is not yet passed. This initiative is an extension of our sports activities from a hobby to a fundraising, mobilization and advocacy tool for sanitary towels. Mashujaa team plans to mobilize girls and young women to participate in sports activities mainly soccer, Volleyball and Netball. We shall approach possible development stakeholders to join in the initiative for more impact. Exchange visits with other girls’ teams will be done to allay any misconceptions about girls’ participation in sports and success stories shared. Mentorship sessions and competition will be held on quarterly basis by the selected volunteer mentors and competing teams. There shall be monitoring and evaluation of the project through the most significant change method and sharing of the same through various media including local media stations, facebook, twitter and You Tube. The implementation will be carried out mainly by the team members, in collaboration with the corporates, and informal slum-based schools.
Comments
13 comments
Sayanee Basu | C:F staff
Thanks for the wonderful video from Kenya! It constantly reminds how lucky I am and your team is spreading this education to the women who need them :) Good luck!
22nd June, 2011 @ 8:22 AM CEST
Thank you Sayanee.This is an opportunity for many girls and we do hope for the best
22nd June, 2011 @ 8:51 AM CEST
Thank you very much colleagues;
As we think and sleep over; do we always reflect on the needy young girls in the slum areas? the challenges they face? the conventional methods they use to solve some of the challenges they face? Think of the menstrual cycle period of the month and how they go around the same. Please check out a case example in one of the slums of Nairobi and help us help them out this video. http://bit.ly/mfI2bP
22nd June, 2011 @ 9:24 PM CEST
congratulations joy, Agnetta and njehia.am happy for yu guys.i miss your company and more so on this mission.I look forwad to see yu guys achieve this...
23rd June, 2011 @ 6:13 PM CEST
This is a very brilliant idea and a project with high impact. Use of sports which is fun especially for me as a girl would be an innovation.
24th June, 2011 @ 10:22 PM CEST
I support your solution coz is very important! go on.
28th June, 2011 @ 8:48 PM CEST
Thank you Jean for your encouraging feedback. We hope that the lifes of girls living in the slum areas would be enhanced. You support is a major contribution in this.
5th July, 2011 @ 5:51 PM CEST
I like it.
Check out our idea: http://www.challengefuture.org /teams/993
Congratularion good idea!./*
21st July, 2011 @ 9:53 PM CEST
Jovana Djurkovic | Action team | CF Chapters
Very brave. Good luck and hope to see you in final :)
25th July, 2011 @ 4:55 PM CEST
Thank you all for your support. Your votes and encouragement has seen out team advance to the finals.
As we move up the competition, the challenge gets tougher and more intense. We hope by the end of it, girls in the slum areas will have access to sanitary towels/pads which enable them go to school throughout the Month and have a improved self esteem.
Best wishes,
Agnetta.
23rd August, 2011 @ 11:30 AM CEST
Marc Rudolph Jacinto
nice..!! :)
check out our vid too: http://challengefuture.org/tea ms/1012/room/solutions/1296
thanks! :)
19th June, 2011 @ 2:51 PM CEST