The young woman speaker on stage blew me away. She was fierce. She was funny. She was a storyteller. She brought me into her life, and in doing so, into…
Category: <span>Girls Education</span>
April 14 is the final day of Rwanda’s annual weeklong commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. Over the past week, every village in Rwanda has hosted events. People…
We met in the darkness at the campus gate at 6am. It was graduation day, and our last full day at Daraja Academy. In honor of new beginnings, my friend…
“I am number three.” I ran into Purity on the dirt path outside of her dorm. I wasn’t sure what she was referring to, so I made a best guess.…
“What an amazing, incredible, wonderful day!” That’s the email I received from Jenni Doherty, Co-Founder of Daraja Academy. I felt like I had just pleased an important client. We had…
“I did not do very well on this exam.” Mary shook her head, staring at the first page of the Biology exam she had taken on Friday. It was Saturday…
Sunday morning (9:00-11:00am) at Daraja Academy is reserved for “Spiritual Time.” The school’s diverse student body reflects Kenya’s major religious affiliations–Christianity’s Protestant and Roman Catholic denominations and Islam. While Daraja…
Having been in Kenya for two weeks, I have fallen into some positive routines. I am relishing in the daytime energy I have with a sound eight hours straight of…
Imagine if it all rested on one test. And you couldn’t take it twice. For those in a British-based secondary school system such as the Daraja Academy girls in Kenya,…
It takes no time at all to get a sense for the culture at Daraja Academy. The campus is a utopia of positivity, learning, laughter, respect, and diligence created by…
