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South Valley Review

VOL. 1, NO. 3 April 21, 2017
Better at knowing what matters to you.

A Visit to The UN
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Special Assignment
Editor at Large
Pearl Baeni
COCKTAILS FOR LA CAUSA

Meirerhofer-Mangeli, In Bay Area
who is the director of
the organization. Out of Restaurants and Bars
the realization that many
households in Eastern
Kenya were led by young Page 5
girls because their parents
were deceased.
The girls were
orphaned due to parents Our Corner of The Valley
dying of HIV and AIDS. By Scott Taper
So she observed that girls
were not going to school
because they were busy
caring for their siblings Page 6-7
and that is how the idea
of the Resource Center
for Women and African
Ivy Nyawira Wahito in front of Girls in Kenya was born. Breaking Boundaries:
United Nations Church Building She joined together with
another organization, a College of Adaptive Arts
RCWG: The Resource Women. local ACBO in Machakos,
Center for Women and IVY: I work with Kenya.
Girls is an organization the Resource Center They organized
that not only seeks to for Women and Girls the group RCWG in Page 8-10
empower girls through (RCWG). I joined the
2010. So the camps are
personal development, but organization in 2010 as an basically run for girls
also hope by this feat to intern and also a personal during school holidays
facilitate positive change assistant to the director for a minimum of ten Continuation: Interview with
in the communities these9 of the organization. And days. The girls are taught
girls live. through her mentoring on sexual reproductive Ivy Nyawira Wahito
Ivy Nyawira Wahito I was able to continue health and rights, personal
came to New York to with the organization development- which
attend The Commission professionally because I includes emotional Our Home Delivery of Papers
on Status of Women went to school, studied intelligence, governance, to these ZIP CODES
Conference held at the and got a BA in sociology peace education, and this
United Nations. I felt in philosophy. And now happens for the period of 95119 95123
the need to tell the world I am working full time at ten days that they are in 95124 95125
her story; her personal the organization. the mentoring camps. 95032 95008
development at the RCWG was founded
Resource Center for in 2007 by Zeedah Continued on Page 8 *Coming Soon* 95037 + 95051

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