» Rwanda Girls Initiative and the Gashora Girls Academy were highlighted yesterday in an article about Rwanda written by the Desmond Tutu Peace Foundation. An excerpt is below and the full article can be read here: "Rwanda's Healing Journey." Rwanda, Africa’s most densely populated country (over 11 million people living in an area sli... read more
» The Gashora Girls Academy was featured today in a piece, written by Nick Slepko, for The Motley Fool. There are so many wonderful things going on in the country of Rwanda. An excerpt is below and the full article can be read here: "Costco in the Mist: Jim Sinegal on Investing in Rwanda." Jim Sinegal: So that’s how the relationship has developed, and the s... read more
» The Gashora Girls Academy is featured in an article on Buildipedia.com today! Check out how MulvannyG2 Architecture designs and helps us build a self-sustaining school. An excerpt is below and the full article can be read here: "MulvannyG2 Architecture Designs Self-Sustaining Gashora Girls Academy in Rwanda." In 2008, RGI partnered with MulvannyG... read more
» Thank you to our supporters for your continued interest in raising money for Rwanda Girls Initiative! We are so excited to share with you that today we launched a new savvy way for you to leverage your own generosity with that of others. Through our partnership with SeeYourImpact, it is easy to set-up a fundraising campaign to become a Champion for girls education. The... read more
» The incredible students at Gashora Girls Academy are an inspiration for young women worldwide. In a lesson on self-empowerment, the girls were asked to cite something about themselves they admired. In America, students would rather call themselves too fat, too skinny, too tall, too short, too this or that, before admitting something they admire about themselves. At GGA, however, each girl stated c... read more
» I came to the Gashora Girls Academy in January 2011 as a Peace Corps Volunteer, but it wasn’t my first time working with the school. Before its construction was finished, I met Peter Thorp when my Program Director sent out an e-mail about a summer break tutoring program for English in the South Eastern village of Gashora. The program was free and exclusively for girls. I was always very inte... read more
» Happy International Women’s Day! While there are still many challenges and injustices for women around the globe, there are also wonderful things happening and progress that should be celebrated. There is positive momentum and an increase in awareness of the issues the affect women and girls. There is a growing realization that addressing these challenges and investing in women is the most p... read more
» Suzanne McGill describes how she and Shal Foster, two Seattle moms, built a girls school in rural Rwanda while being interviewed for Rainmakers.TV. Th documentary series communicates stories of leadership, innovation and social responsibility that inspire global transformation.... read more
» 11.1.11 has been proclaimed by Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn as a day to recognize the accomplishments, innovation and impact of Washington State’s growing global development sector. Global Action Day is an opportunity for Washingtonians to learn about, support and join Rwanda Girls Initiative and more than 140 members of Global Washington who are working to create jobs at home and impact lives ... read more
» As the leaves on the trees in Seattle are beginning to change colors and we are settling into fall and a new school year, the girls at the Gashora Girls Academy are nearing completion of their first academic year. It’s truly remarkable how quickly the time is flying by… it seems like just yesterday that Soozi and I, along with friends from the U.S. and Rwanda, celebr... read more