03 Oct She Died on Her Wedding Night

A few weeks ago I read about Rawan, the 8-year-old girl in Yemen who was forced to marry a 40-year-old man. She died on her wedding night as a result of injuries sustained from forced intercourse. I am outraged!   Because I have seen the horror of...

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10 Sep Water for Naomi

Meet Naomi Chemutai.  Naomi used to have to spend hours a day walking to fetch water from the nearest river – water that could make her sick at any time. Every morning and evening Naomi , her aunt and four cousins would walk the rough...

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19 Aug Make “back-to-school” life-changing!

It’s that time of the year again when parents are lining the aisles of Office Depot to buy their children school supplies.  It’s been estimated that parent’s pay on average $90 to get their children set up for the first day of school. Imagine, being able...

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17 Aug Now, her whole family is Unstoppable!

Naameka Tangus is a Kipsigis woman in the rural community of Emori Joi in the Masaai Mara region of Kenya. Traditionally, tensions exist between the Kipsigis people, who are subsistence farmers, and the Maasai, who are herders and hunters. Trespassing on their land is not...

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11 Jul Education should never put children at risk

Tomorrow is Malala Day. Join Unstoppable as we ‘Stand Side by Side’ in Celebration of Malala! Last October, a 14-year old girl from Pakistan named Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head in an attempt to silence her voice because she spoke out for girl’s rights...

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