tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1738427528202342202024-02-19T00:48:02.816-08:00Voices of HopeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-173842752820234220.post-32325199270542537762011-07-23T08:00:00.000-07:002011-07-23T08:03:32.996-07:00<div><strong><font size="5">Voices of Hope has a new website. 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FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Who are the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">Maasai</span>?</span></span><br /><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">Maasai</span> people are fou</span></span><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">nd in <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">souther</span></span></span><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">n Kenya and</span></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"><strong></strong></span><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"> Northern Tanzania.</span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"> </span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">They are a nomadic people who live under a</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7SARCIAudHAJ0Ir6uPCYSBRQP_nSvccYuhSDrStpngBJYKYNgpwnhN75310Yur4d12csN-rVJ4MmMONarRdyqUm8Qe-Vk0Tx0WRP2voZnKExGMqy3_gtjHlTHw4KabJhtcXZ2PcpbXbc/s1600-h/205.JPG"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong></strong></span></a></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"><strong></strong></span><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"> communal system. </span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">They move from</span></span><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"> place to place while searching for greener pastures for their cattle. Among the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">Maasai</span> rituals, ceremonies include circumcision for both boys and girls.</span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"> </span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">These rituals are believed to bring elevation from childhood to a</span></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"><strong></strong></span><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">dulthood</span>.</span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"> </span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Boys becomes men, while girls become women.</span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"> </span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Boys continue their education while the girls are married off in <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error">tra</span></span></span><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error">de</span> for cattle.</span> </span></p><br /><p style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0)" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Why is there a nee</span></span><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">d for <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-error">VOH</span>?</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7SARCIAudHAJ0Ir6uPCYSBRQP_nSvccYuhSDrStpngBJYKYNgpwnhN75310Yur4d12csN-rVJ4MmMONarRdyqUm8Qe-Vk0Tx0WRP2voZnKExGMqy3_gtjHlTHw4KabJhtcXZ2PcpbXbc/s1600-h/205.JPG"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong></strong></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1OWRAtF6hsbCYAhdkm5-VwpFk_5g80-tQu4mqG0n7CtxmSlGMMzt3n2270I0yHfIP9FVtJtEpV8Kf6dXkUxCdh0ElhjDZIQcsNrYcBFwlGeZSpy6UHfRL-AyV7a78w5l_0PwVV1WudSY/s1600-h/Picture2.png"><img style="MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 178px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 186px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179557701042570338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1OWRAtF6hsbCYAhdkm5-VwpFk_5g80-tQu4mqG0n7CtxmSlGMMzt3n2270I0yHfIP9FVtJtEpV8Kf6dXkUxCdh0ElhjDZIQcsNrYcBFwlGeZSpy6UHfRL-AyV7a78w5l_0PwVV1WudSY/s320/Picture2.png" /></a></span><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-error">Maasai</span> girls are considered to b</span></span><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">e providers of</span></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"><strong></strong></span><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"> </span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">fa</span></span><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-error">mily</span> labor a</span></span><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">nd targeted for the traditional practice of early ma</span></span><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" class="blsp-spelling-error">rria</span></span></span><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_15" class="blsp-spelling-error">ge</span> in order for the family to gain cattle from a dowry in exchange for th</span></span><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">eir young </span></span><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">daughters.</span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"> </span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Since young girls as young as 8 years old will leav</span></span><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">e their homes to settle in their marital homes with their</span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"> </span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">husbands, (who are often older than their fat</span></span><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">hers); the families and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_16" class="blsp-spelling-error">Maasai</span> community choose to invest in educating their sons rather than their daughters.</span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"> </span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The educ</span></span><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">ation of girls and young women</span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"> </span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">is seen n</span></span><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">ot only</span></span><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"> as a burden, but a waste of limited financial </span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">resources.</span></span></p><br /><p style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0)" class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-size:130%;">Why does the </span></em><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic" lang="en-US">progr</span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic" lang="en-US">am <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_17" class="blsp-spelling-error">foc</span></span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic" lang="en-US">us on helping young</span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvQ9ydG5oFcmMckQOp72pAr9jPeA3otjJNdgGNSKg1Ue0HDF32TEnHjBBa48FPcp6J7x_ybQ_zgqnGLxgxl0PliiNbjWaKIOZ3bxRCkLvMHSDGr6_sUUBRTGw395zdwvC2pNtLsOybYeg/s1600-h/Picture+309.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; WIDTH: 270px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 189px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179560033209812098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvQ9ydG5oFcmMckQOp72pAr9jPeA3otjJNdgGNSKg1Ue0HDF32TEnHjBBa48FPcp6J7x_ybQ_zgqnGLxgxl0PliiNbjWaKIOZ3bxRCkLvMHSDGr6_sUUBRTGw395zdwvC2pNtLsOybYeg/s320/Picture+309.jpg" /></a></span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic" lang="en-US"> women? Young gir</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic" lang="en-US">rls that have managed to escape genital mutilation and forced</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic" lang="en-US"> marria</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic" lang="en-US">ges by attendi</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic" lang="en-US">ng charitable primary and secondary boarding schools have no means of safety nor possibility of post-secondary education after high school. As a result, they often return to their villages to endure genital mutilation and forced marriages; or th</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic" lang="en-US">ey seek refuge in</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic" lang="en-US"> the city. With no marketable skills or training and no means to su</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic" lang="en-US">pport themselves, they are often sexually exploited, become prostitutes, and fall victim to HIV/AIDS. Maasai Voices of Hope’s goal is to raise money to build a Safe Home/Learning Center for these young women in order to provide a protected s</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic" lang="en-US">afe haven for them to run to and a safe place to live while they are continuing their education.</span></span></p><br /><p style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0)" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic" lang="en-US">How has "Voices of </span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic" lang="en-US">Hope" imp</span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic" lang="en-US">acted the lives of young <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_36" class="blsp-spelling-error">Maasai</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_37" class="blsp-spelling-error">wom</span></span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic" lang="en-US">en?</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieQEOZM5LplYqrUnk7Dg2lAqM7ElfG22KyQmE_WCPtsidIdW0yINJBpxcE984EjMzZsZIUlQt4jvyJ0VahRXuBimzTCpdE__nDNLtKxWPIxFiQcIcqLrh7HtIF-yXJbqVGW2LQmaY0UxI/s1600-h/197.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; FLOAT: left; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5180232169821832514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieQEOZM5LplYqrUnk7Dg2lAqM7ElfG22KyQmE_WCPtsidIdW0yINJBpxcE984EjMzZsZIUlQt4jvyJ0VahRXuBimzTCpdE__nDNLtKxWPIxFiQcIcqLrh7HtIF-yXJbqVGW2LQmaY0UxI/s320/197.JPG" /></a></span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-size:130%;" lang="en-US" >Since its establishment in 2003, Voi</span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-size:130%;" lang="en-US" >ces of Hope has supported 28 young <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_38" class="blsp-spelling-error">Maasa</span></span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-size:130%;" lang="en-US" >i <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_39" class="blsp-spelling-error">wom</span></span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-size:130%;" lang="en-US" >e</span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-size:130%;" lang="en-US" >n in</span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic" lang="en-US"> </span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-size:130%;" lang="en-US" >meeting</span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic" lang="en-US"> </span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-size:130%;" lang="en-US" >their education goal of pursuing higher ed</span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-size:130%;" lang="en-US" ><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_40" class="blsp-spelling-error">ucation</span>. These young <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_41" class="blsp-spelling-error">wo</span></span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-size:130%;" lang="en-US" >men had no previous means of continuing their education and were in danger of going through genital mutilation and arranged marriages. As a result of the</span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-size:130%;" lang="en-US" > intervention of Voices of Hope, these young women are now enrolle</span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-size:130%;" lang="en-US" >d in colle</span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-size:130%;" lang="en-US" >ges and l</span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-size:130%;" lang="en-US" >ocal universities thro</span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-size:130%;" lang="en-US" >ughout Kenya and are being empowered to become cha</span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-size:130%;" lang="en-US" >nge agents and positive leaders in their community.</span><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:130%;"> </span></p><br /><p style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0)" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size:0;">How will the young women </span></span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size:0;">impact the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_42" class="blsp-spelling-error">Maasai</span> Community?</span></span> <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;" ><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihz4dC8YV62SvYsrlxKZ51P9XjxuocuPnJZwvY6je3kch-TuW4fNxfbXSX1wkG7LvVkdFKmlm0Ze2IO8NUm0gJNfc1lkEggjetAhAJAYvhB-Bi2p1HnH6drE7aySo3DK_HFpjHenL0M_8/s1600-h/Children.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; WIDTH: 234px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 162px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179573987558556898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihz4dC8YV62SvYsrlxKZ51P9XjxuocuPnJZwvY6je3kch-TuW4fNxfbXSX1wkG7LvVkdFKmlm0Ze2IO8NUm0gJNfc1lkEggjetAhAJAYvhB-Bi2p1HnH6drE7aySo3DK_HFpjHenL0M_8/s320/Children.jpg" /></a></span> <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-size:100%;" ><br />The young <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_43" class="blsp-spelling-error">wo</span></span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-size:100%;" >men pa</span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-size:100%;" ><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_44" class="blsp-spelling-error">rticipa</span></span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-size:100%;" >ting in the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_45" class="blsp-spelling-error">VOH</span> Program will <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_46" class="blsp-spelling-error">underg</span></span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-size:100%;" >o tr</span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-size:100%;" >a</span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-size:100%;" ><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_47" class="blsp-spelling-error">ining</span> in </span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-size:100%;" >leadership dev</span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-size:100%;" >elopment, health </span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-size:100%;" >issues, HIV/Aids, community <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_49" class="blsp-spelling-error">developm</span></span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-size:100%;" ><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_50" class="blsp-spelling-error">ent</span></span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-size:100%;" >, micro- entrepreneurship, </span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-size:100%;" ><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_48" class="blsp-spelling-error">spi</span></span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-size:100%;" >ritual formation, </span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-size:100%;" >and personal/social skills for the period of</span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-size:100%;" > time they are in school. Once they have</span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-size:100%;" > gone through <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_51" class="blsp-spelling-error">trainin</span></span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-size:100%;" >g and gained education and work opportunities they will be included as mentors and facilitators in future training, creating a cy</span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-size:100%;" >cle </span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-size:100%;" >of giving back to their<span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-size:100%;" >communities. </span><br /></p><br /><p style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0)" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-size:130%;" ><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">How does Voices of Hope </span></span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-size:130%;" ><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">impact the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_42" class="blsp-spelling-error">Maasai</span> Community?</span></span> <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" lang="en-US">Drilling A Borehole & Building a Safe Home:</span></span><span style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline;font-size:130%;" ><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> </span></span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span lang="en-US"></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span lang="en-GB">Findi</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span lang="en-GB">ng and collecting wa</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span lang="en-GB">ter is </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span lang="en-GB">a major</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span lang="en-GB"> problem in the </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span lang="en-GB"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_59" class="blsp-spelling-error">Kaj</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh12U73_bjjV3yiip164smBIGQORZQrDTzJP2mi1lvgv09aVK0DoIfHmQxwSoZeJSGBSDRSfNcB8dNhSeu7Fa_lAHy2JcbRn1ljUjb0PUYKaOxnrD26NOhTI8VkNgkOFeAYOHmtcfGF24k/s1600-h/maa_school.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 306px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 176px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277499007039497682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh12U73_bjjV3yiip164smBIGQORZQrDTzJP2mi1lvgv09aVK0DoIfHmQxwSoZeJSGBSDRSfNcB8dNhSeu7Fa_lAHy2JcbRn1ljUjb0PUYKaOxnrD26NOhTI8VkNgkOFeAYOHmtcfGF24k/s320/maa_school.jpg" /></a></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span lang="en-GB"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_59" class="blsp-spelling-error">iad</span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span lang="en-GB"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_59" class="blsp-spelling-error">o</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_60" class="blsp-spelling-error">distr</span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span lang="en-GB"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_61" class="blsp-spelling-error">ict</span>. A </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span lang="en-GB"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_62" class="blsp-spelling-error">Maasai</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_63" class="blsp-spelling-error">woma</span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span lang="en-GB">n m</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span lang="en-GB">ay w</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span lang="en-GB">alk five, ten or even twenty miles a day to collect </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span lang="en-GB">w</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span lang="en-GB">ater on he</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span lang="en-GB">r b</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span lang="en-GB">ack for her family. It ca</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span lang="en-GB">n</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span lang="en-GB"> t</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span lang="en-GB"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_64" class="blsp-spelling-error">ake </span>10 hrs for a </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span lang="en-GB">single trip.Voices of Hope has drilled </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span lang="en-GB">a bo</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span lang="en-GB">rehole </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span lang="en-GB">on p</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span lang="en-GB">roperty that has been donated to the project with the goal of serving </span>350<span lang="en-GB"> families in the</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span lang="en-GB"> ne</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span lang="en-GB">arby villages and </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span lang="en-GB">also one elementary sc</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span lang="en-GB">hool with </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span lang="en-GB">233 stude</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span lang="en-GB">nts. </span></span></p><br /><p style="FONT-STYLE: italic; COLOR: rgb(102,0,0)" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span lang="en-US">Al</span></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0);font-size:130%;" ><span lang="en-US">t</span></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0);font-size:130%;" ><span lang="en-US">hough Kenya passed a law prohibiti</span></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0);font-size:130%;" ><span lang="en-US">n</span></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0);font-size:130%;" ><span lang="en-US">g </span></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0);font-size:130%;" ><span lang="en-US">F</span></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0);font-size:130%;" ><span lang="en-US">e</span></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0);font-size:130%;" ><span lang="en-US">ma</span></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0);font-size:130%;" ><span lang="en-US">le Ge</span></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0);font-size:130%;" ><span lang="en-US">n</span></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0);font-size:130%;" ><span lang="en-US">i</span></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0);font-size:130%;" ><span lang="en-US">tal </span></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0);font-size:130%;" ><span lang="en-US">M</span></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0);font-size:130%;" ><span lang="en-US">util</span></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0);font-size:130%;" ><span lang="en-US">ati</span></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0);font-size:130%;" ><span lang="en-US">on in 20</span></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0);font-size:130%;" ><span lang="en-US">01,</span></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0);font-size:130%;" ><span lang="en-US"> Kenyan </span></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0);font-size:130%;" ><span lang="en-US">authorities</span></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0);font-size:130%;" ><span lang="en-US"> hav</span></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0);font-size:130%;" ><span lang="en-US">e </span></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0);font-size:130%;" ><span lang="en-US">b</span></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0);font-size:130%;" ><span lang="en-US">e</span></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0);font-size:130%;" ><span lang="en-US">en slo</span></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0);font-size:130%;" ><span lang="en-US">w to</span></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0);font-size:130%;" ><span lang="en-US"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0)" lang="en-US">respond to the resistance to end FGM</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0)" lang="en-US">, res</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0)" lang="en-US">u</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0)" lang="en-US">lt</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0)" lang="en-US">ing </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0)" lang="en-US">in t</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0)" lang="en-US">he </span><span lang="en-US"><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0)">need to establish </span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span lang="en-US"><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0)">a </span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span lang="en-US"><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0)">perm</span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span lang="en-US"><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0)">anent S</span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span lang="en-US"><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0)">afe Home</span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span lang="en-US"><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0)">/Center to shelter these women.</span></span></span></p><br /><p style="FONT-STYLE: italic; COLOR: rgb(102,0,0)" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span lang="en-US"><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0)"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-size:180%;" >How can you Help?</span></span></span></span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" lang="en-US">Donations in any dollar amount are much appreciated!</span></span></p><br /><p style="FONT-STYLE: italic; COLOR: rgb(102,0,0)" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" lang="en-US">Sponsorship of E</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: underline" lang="en-US"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_53" class="blsp-spelling-error">d</span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: underline" lang="en-US"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_53" class="blsp-spelling-error">ucation</span>:</span><span lang="en-US"> <span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0)">$1,200 per year or ($100</span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span lang="en-US"><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0)"> per month), will provide a yo</span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span lang="en-US"><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0)">u</span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span lang="en-US"><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0)">ng </span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span lang="en-US"><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0)">woman between t</span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span lang="en-US"><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0)">he</span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span lang="en-US"><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0)"> ages of</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0)"> </span><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0)">18-24 with safe housing, as well as one year of tuition and fees in an </span><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0)">educational pro</span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span lang="en-US"><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0)">gram of her choice. Two years of sponsorship will (in most cases) provide<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_54" class="blsp-spelling-error"> enoug</span></span></span></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0);font-size:130%;" ><span lang="en-US"><span style="COLOR: rgb(153,0,0)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0)">h </span><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0)" id="SPELLING_ERROR_55" class="blsp-spelling-error">fu</span></span></span></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0);font-size:130%;" ><span lang="en-US"><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0)"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_56" class="blsp-spelling-error">n</span></span></span></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0);font-size:130%;" ><span lang="en-US"><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0)"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_56" class="blsp-spelling-error">d</span></span></span></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0);font-size:130%;" ><span lang="en-US"><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0)">in</span></span></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0);font-size:130%;" ><span lang="en-US"><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0)">g</span></span></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0);font-size:130%;" ><span lang="en-US"><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0)"> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_57" class="blsp-spelling-error">fo</span></span></span></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0);font-size:130%;" ><span lang="en-US"><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0)">r the stud</span></span></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0);font-size:130%;" ><span lang="en-US"><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0)">ent to complete her st</span></span></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0);font-size:130%;" ><span lang="en-US"><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0)">udies.</span></span></span></p><br /><br /><p style="FONT-STYLE: italic; COLOR: rgb(102,0,0)" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" lang="en-US">Host a Voices of Hope Gathering -</span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" lang="en-US">(A Party with a Purpose)</span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" lang="en-US">:</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:130%;">Invite Rachae</span><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:130%;">l Tengbom to come to your hom</span><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:130%;">e, club, church or</span><em><em><u><span style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class="style5"><em><em><span style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class="style5"><em><strong><span style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class="style5"><em><strong></strong></em></span></strong></em></span></em></em></span></u></em></em><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:130%;"> organization to talk</span><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:130%;"> about the Voices of Hope Project and share photos f</span><em><em><u><span style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class="style5"><em><em><span style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class="style5"><em><strong><span style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class="style5"><em><strong></strong></em></span></strong></em></span></em></em></span></u></em></em><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:130%;">rom her culture. Items from Africa will be made available for purchase and you will have the opportunity to learn more about how the Project is helping young women in Africa to become Servant Leaders.</span> </p><br /><p style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0)" class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0)" lang="en-US"><span style="COLOR: rgb(153,51,0);font-size:100%;" >For More Info. contact: </span></span></p><br /><p style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0)" class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: rgb(153,51,0);font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;" ><em><em><strong><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0)">Rachael Tengbom, Founder of Voices of Hope at:</span> </strong></em></em></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"><em><em><strong><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,255)"><a href="mailto:shoenkai@aol.com"><u>shoenkai@aol.com<br /></u></a></span></strong></em></em></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(153,51,0);font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;" ><em><em><strong><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0)">or Theo Dobie at: <a href="mailto:theo_dobie@yahoo.com">theo_dobie@yahoo.com</a></span></strong></em></em></span> </p><br /><p style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0)" class="MsoNormal">Donations may be mailed to:<br /><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"><strong>Vo</strong></span></em><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"><strong>ices of Hope * P.O. Box 6563 * Kennewick, WA</strong></span></em></p><br /><p style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0)" class="MsoNormal"><strong><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">DONATE NOW BY CLICKING THE LINK BELOW:</span></em></strong></p><br /><p style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0)" class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.networkforgood.org/donation/ExpressDonation.aspx?ORGID2=27-0518368&vlrStratCode=e0WYBYmUfgK8oHEl4i6OUvRjNOJblU240Y4zm2HMFyy5EDX2h0UWeRxdtdQ%2fJCzJ">https://www.networkforgood.org/donation/ExpressDonation.aspx?ORGID2=27-0518368&vlrStratCode=e0WYBYmUfgK8oHEl4i6OUvRjNOJblU240Y4zm2HMFyy5EDX2h0UWeRxdtdQ%2fJCzJ</a><br /><br /><br /><br /></p><br /><p style="FONT-STYLE: italic; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:16;"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:13;"></span></span></em></strong></span></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p style="FONT-STYLE: italic; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:7;"></span></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-173842752820234220.post-9896638319029102802008-03-19T09:30:00.000-07:002010-08-16T10:05:38.526-07:00<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="900"><tbody><tr><td width="49"><br /></td> <td class="bodyText style5" valign="top" width="756"><br /></td> <td width="93"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0