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A year after its official launch at the Clinton Global Initiative in 2007, many EPCC Partners returned to New York to share their progress with an ever-growing community of educators committed to extend education to children of conflict. This year's annual meeting featured the stories of three inspiring young individuals-- former children of conflict -- now using the education they received to help others follow in their footsteps.
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The Valentino Acheck Deng Foundation
Valentino Achak Deng was born in Southern Sudan in the village of Marial Bai. During the civil war, he spent 9 years living in Ethiopian and Kenyan refugee camps and then was given the chance to finish his education in the US. In 2007, Valentino committed to building a large educational center in Marial Masi, starting with a secondary school. He has spent much of the past year in Southern Sudan working on the planning and construction of the first classroom building.
Watch Valentino talk about his project »
Help Valentino Build a School in Southern Sudan »
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Life for Kakenya Ntaiya was supposed to follow the traditional path. Engaged at age 5, she was to be circumcised by the time she was a teenager - an event that would mark the end of her education and the beginning of her preparations for marriage. But Ms. Ntaiya had a different plan. First, she negotiated with her father: she would be circumcised only if she could also finish high school. Then she negotiated with the village elders to do what no girl had ever done: leave her Maasai village of Enoosaen in south Kenya to go to college in the United States. Kakenya is close to achieving another dream: establishing the first primary boarding school for girls in Enoosaen.
Since 2006, Kakenya has been working to build a girls' school so that other young African girls might travel the same path she did - to education, self-realization and leadership.
Help Kakenya Build a Girls' School in Kenya »
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Grace Akallo was abducted from school in Uganda a the age of 15, and was trained as a child soldier by the rebel Lord's Resistance Army. She was taken to an LRA stronghold in Sudan, was forced to participate in the LRA's campaigns, and barely escaped after being buried alive and left for dead. Grace returned home to pursue her education in Uganda and later the United States, graduating from Gordon College, in Boston. She is now an advocate for girls' education and is founder of "Gift of Grace" - her own scholarship program to benefit girls in Northern Uganda whose lives have been affected by the conflict and unrest. Watch Grace talk about the importance of education.
Watch Grace speak about the importance of education »
Help Grace Give Scholarships in Northern Uganda
To donate to the Gift of Grace please send a check payable to "Mosaic." and mail to:
Mosaic
PO Box 5151
Charlottesville, VA 22905
Indicate on the memo line that your donation is for "gift of grace." Your contributions to this scholarship program are tax deductible.
