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Beads for Education
Three of our Academy Students went to Kenya in January of 2009 for their Intersession Study. They supported the BEADS Organization in their efforts to raise money for adolescent girls to attend school.
BEADS mission is to enhance the status of women in the community and to promote environmental awareness with a goal of preserving natural resources. BEADS programs provide school scholarships for African girls, promote business development for African women and support conservation through education.
This is Entito, a 10 year old Maasai girl living in Kenya. Entito will probably be forced into an arranged marriage at age 13 to a 30 plus year old man, be his 2nd or 3rd wife and bear 7 or more children...but Entito wants to go to school. Visit the BEADS website to see how you can help.
