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FOR THE GIRLS, FOR THE FUTURE part 1
RAISED ON THE SERENGETI PLAINS IN A COW-DUNG DWELLING CALLED A BOMA, REBECCA HAD BEEN PROMISED IN MARRIAGE, AND HER FATHER HAD ALREADY RECEIVED HIS COWS AS HER DOWRY. BUT REBECCA WANTED TO CONTINUE STUDYING RATHER THAN BECOME A WIFE, AND WITH HER MOTHER'S BLESSING, SHE WAS SENT TO THE EMUSOI CENTER FOR PASTORALIST GIRLS NEAR THE TOWN OF ARUSHA, TANZANIA. EMUSOI WAS STARTED BY THE MARYKNOLL SISTERS TO HELP EDUCATE JUST SUCH GIRLS AND OUR GUESTS ARE MARYKNOLL SISTERS MARY VERTUCCI, MAUREEN MEYER, AND JERI STOKES
Part Two: FOR THE GIRLS, FOR THE FUTURE part 2
THE MARYKNOLL SISTERS HAVE ALWAYS HELPED EMPOWER AFRICAN WOMEN, ESPECIALLY IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION. THE EMUSOI CENTER FOR PASTORALIST GIRLS HAS ACHIEVED AN IMPRESSIVE HONOR ROLL IN ITS 12-YEAR EXISTENCE. "MORE THAN 300 STUDENTS HAVE ALREADY PASSED THROUGH EMUSOI AND THEY ARE LAWYERS, SOCIAL WORKERS, ACCOUNTANTS, MEDICAL PERSONNEL, TEACHERS, TOUR GUIDES, SECRETARIES, TAILORS AND HOTEL PERSONNEL," SISTER MARY VERTUCCI SAYS. AND ONCE THESE YOUNG WOMEN FINISH SCHOOL AND MOVE BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITIES AND GIVE SERVICE, THEY ARE, AND WILL BE, AGENTS OF DEVELOPMENTAL CHANGE AMONG THEIR OWN PEOPLE.
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FOR THE GIRLS, FOR THE FUTURE part 1
RAISED ON THE SERENGETI PLAINS IN A COW-DUNG DWELLING CALLED A BOMA, REBECCA HAD BEEN PROMISED IN MARRIAGE, AND HER FATHER HAD ALREADY RECEIVED HIS COWS AS HER DOWRY. BUT REBECCA WANTED TO CONTINUE STUDYING RATHER THAN BECOME A WIFE, AND WITH HER MOTHER'S BLESSING, SHE WAS SENT TO THE EMUSOI CENTER FOR PASTORALIST GIRLS NEAR THE TOWN OF ARUSHA, TANZANIA. EMUSOI WAS STARTED BY THE MARYKNOLL SISTERS TO HELP EDUCATE JUST SUCH GIRLS AND OUR GUESTS ARE MARYKNOLL SISTERS MARY VERTUCCI, MAUREEN MEYER, AND JERI STOKES
Part Two: FOR THE GIRLS, FOR THE FUTURE part 2
THE MARYKNOLL SISTERS HAVE ALWAYS HELPED EMPOWER AFRICAN WOMEN, ESPECIALLY IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION. THE EMUSOI CENTER FOR PASTORALIST GIRLS HAS ACHIEVED AN IMPRESSIVE HONOR ROLL IN ITS 12-YEAR EXISTENCE. "MORE THAN 300 STUDENTS HAVE ALREADY PASSED THROUGH EMUSOI AND THEY ARE LAWYERS, SOCIAL WORKERS, ACCOUNTANTS, MEDICAL PERSONNEL, TEACHERS, TOUR GUIDES, SECRETARIES, TAILORS AND HOTEL PERSONNEL," SISTER MARY VERTUCCI SAYS. AND ONCE THESE YOUNG WOMEN FINISH SCHOOL AND MOVE BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITIES AND GIVE SERVICE, THEY ARE, AND WILL BE, AGENTS OF DEVELOPMENTAL CHANGE AMONG THEIR OWN PEOPLE.
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