Project Daraja

Start Date: May 30, 2014 7:30 AM
End Date: May 1, 2015 7:30 PM

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This year, the Princeton Circle of Women Chapter is hoping to work in cooperation with Daraja Academy in Kenya to build a dormitory for the female students. Daraja functions as one of the very few completely free boarding schools for girls in all of East Africa. Hopefully, the housing will allow for students to concentrate fully on obtaining an education separate from the difficult issues many face at home. Importantly, Daraja recognizes the need to go beyond individual education, encouraging the girls to engage in community service projects and share their knowledge with their local communities.

Circle of Women believes that one educated girl can empower an entire society, which in turn can change an entire world. This is precisely the philosophy that Daraja puts into action every day.

In collaborating with Daraja, the girls at Princeton would be providing the means by which to implement progress in a local community – progress that would have a global impact.