Country Program Manager - Girl Rising Kenya.

Nairobi, Kenya
Joined October 2015
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Gladys just became Assistant Head Girl at her school. Here's what she wants you to know 🧵 #GirlHour #GirlsFirstSummit
We opened with Girl Hour — practitioners in conversation with girls. Not to teach. To listen. One of the most powerful parts of the whole day. #GirlHour #GirlsFirstSummit @girlrising
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We’re Live! Today marks the beginning of an important conversation about courage, protection and solidarity. As we gather under the theme COURAGE IS CONTAGIOUS | BACK THE BRAVE, we reaffirm our commitment to standing with those who stand up for others. Let’s make courage spread. #CourageIsContagious #BacktheBrave #StandWithDefenders #HumanRightsDefenders
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Ten-year-old Tamara from Kenya dreamed of becoming a lawyer. But after experiencing bullying, she struggled with self-confidence and often questioned her own worth. Through the RISE programme, Tamara built confidence, resilience, and self-belief. Life skills sessions and karate taught her to trust herself, speak up, stay safe, and face challenges with courage. Today, Tamara proudly embraces who she is and carries herself with the confidence to pursue her dreams, knowing her voice matters. This #WorldYouthSkillsDay, we're celebrating self-confidence as a skill. Because when a child believes in themselves, they don't just stand taller; they step into opportunities they once thought were beyond their reach. #WorldYouthSkillsDay #GirlRising #YouthSkills #SelfConfidence #FutureReady #GirlsLead
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Replying to @DOdenyi
@DOdenyi then shared findings from the RISE curriculum, showing how storytelling-centered social-emotional learning helps girls build confidence, leadership, and aspirations for the future. #RISE #GirlRising #EvidenceToImpact
Today at the #EvidencetoImpact, @EmmaMogaka and I shared Naserian: Girls Rising in Narok our first integrated program as a merged organization. We're seeing how education, mentorship, and community engagement can expand opportunities for girls in pastoralist communities.
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We closed the day with reflection, action planning, and parental engagement—equipping participants to mentor, debrief, and apply learning beyond the training room. 💪🏽✨ @girlrising @shesthefirst @DOdenyi @EmmaMogaka @murua_girls
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Day 3 in action! CBOs explored the What Would You Do? card game—unpacking power, bias, SRHR, healthy relationships, and how to facilitate safe, engaging conversations with girls. @girlrising @shesthefirst @murua_girls @DOdenyi @EmmaMogaka @bibian_bilha
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Teachers completed all four Azmera’s Story sessions through simulations, activities, and skits—reflecting on poverty, child marriage, and how teacher responses can strengthen girls’ agency. @GirlRising @DOdenyi @EmmaMogaka @bibian_bilha @shesthefirst
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H.E Rigathi Gachagua is unapologetically a Kikuyu supremist and a tribalist class A. But he makes a valid point when he calls out leaders from Northern Kenya and tells the truth about them. Hon Rigathi Gachagua is 💯 right when he says (a) Northern Kenya leaders are thieves who steal from their people and invest public funds in Nairobi, (b) Northern Kenyan leaders can't account for about Kshs 1 trillion given to the region since devolution started in 2013. (c) Northern Kenya leaders have not built world class institutions ie schools, hospitals etc and have EATEN CDF money. (d) Northern Kenyans leaders including MCAs are all domiciled in Nairobi and have homes, wives and children only in Nairobi and none in Northern Kenya. Look at Garissa and Marsabit. Where did Kshs 300 billion in devolution money go to? Leaders steal money left, right and centre and nothing happens. Gachagua is playing politics, but when he talks about Northern Kenyan leaders and how they have let down their people he is being truthful and i'm with him 💯.
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We were honoured to host the @girlrising team, share our programs and engage in insightful discussions with teachers, parents and girls. Their visit highlighted the GR curriculum’s transformative impact, strengthening our shared commitment to empowering girls through education.
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@UNEVOC webinar: Boosting gender equality in STEM through TVET 📅 26 Nov 2025 | 🕒 10:00–11:30 CET Women are only 35% of STEM graduates globally & 22% of STEM workers in G20 countries. Let’s change that. 🔗unevoc.unesco.org/.../Boosti…... #TVET #GlobalCareersMonth #WomenInSTEM
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Obama is one of Eliud Kipchoge’s heroes and they finally met 🥹 Just two great Kenyans meeting in Washington
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This Saturday and Sunday at 7:30 p.m., I will be revising Mathematics Papers 1 and 2 with the KCSE candidates 2025. Stay tuned on my Facebook page @BabuOwino.
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Comrades, This is it. Watch and share widely.
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A moment of pure GOAT energy. Greatness recognizing greatness. Serena Williams 👑 Faith Kipyegon. You gotta LOVE this!
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Faith Kipyegon wins her 2nd Athlos crown after running the fastest women’s mile ever on U.S. soil, clocking 4:17.78. Congrats!! Faith 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
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The power of friendship. In Kenya, girls who participate in our RISE program with Sunflower Trust, Drawing Dreams Initiative and Kilgoris Project lift each other up - in class, after school and in their communities. Meet the friends who are #StrongerTogether every day - studying together, exploring their aspirations together and cheering each other on. Tag a friend who helps you rise.
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Isn’t this the same Verah Moraa who’s still occupying the Kajiado County Revenue office illegally months after her contract expired?
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Rabia and Bakhtawer are schoolmates, RISE alumnae, girls’ rights advocates, Girl Icons and great friends. In Khairpur (Sindh, Pakistan), they learned side by side in Girl Rising’s RISE program, pushing each other to ask hard questions, try new skills, and speak up. That confidence stuck: today, Rabia leads community workshops that challenge limiting norms and rally neighbors around the power of education—with Bakhtawer cheering her on every step of the way.
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Friendship fuels leaders. This #DayoftheGirl, we’re celebrating girls who lift each other — helping one another feel confident, safe, and strong to lead. We invited young women in our programs to honor the friends who stand beside them as changemakers. Like Dayana from Bolivia and Leti from Ecuador, who met through the Future Rising Fellowship and now champion each other’s climate solutions. Stay tuned for a special friendship shout-out on October 11th! 😉
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