Meet Mama Jane: A mother who is redefining possible! ‘Mama’ Jane Marindany is a small-scale farmer and mother of five from Emori Joi in the Mara region of Kenya. Last year, Mama Jane participated in a Unstoppable Foundation sponsored alternative income training session on honey harvesting....
We’re still glowing from a magical evening. The Unstoppable Gala was a huge success raising a total of $920,000. The Proctor Gallagher Institute started the evening by generously pledging to double their last year’s financial support totalling $520,000 that will go towards the sustainability and expansion...
I am over the moon excited about what has been transpiring over the last week and I just had to take a minute to share with you. Yesterday I was in the studio with Grammy award winner Brandy. We were shooting a video and PSA (Public...
Bricks change lives -- here's how! You’ve heard me say it before — education changes the future for a child, a family, even an entire community. But it all starts with a brick. Not convinced? Then meet Jane . . . She was raised in a mud...
"Giving Tuesday" is no ordinary Tuesday. We have the power to lift children out of a lifetime of poverty through education. You helped us bring Susan--the 41st girl at Kisaruni Secondary School for Girls--an education and a future. Because of your support, she's graduating this year and...
Meet Naomi and Nayla, twelve-year old twins attending the Pimbiniet Primary School in the Maasai Mara in Kenya. Naomi and Nayla are the first girls in their family to ever attend school. Naomi dreams of one day becoming a pediatric nurse and Nayla dreams of becoming a...
One of the pillars of our 5-pillar model for sustainable education is the Agriculture and Food pillar which is an integral program in all of our schools. Students from many of our communities in the Maasai Mara, in Kenya have been active and instrumental in...
Several years ago, for reasons I didn't understand at the time, I accepted an invitation to attend the first-ever rural African Women's Conference. I rearranged my entire schedule and traveled halfway around the world to meet with hundreds of women who came from all over...
The students stood staring at Susan — stunned — when they saw tears fall from her face. The principal told her she could not attend school. Susan had a dream — to get an education, become a doctor, and help lift her village from poverty. But Susan was...
On October 11, the entire world will be reminded that girls can be powerful agents of change. That’s because this is the International Day of the Girl Child — a day designated by the United Nations to celebrate girls, and promote gender equality and the...
