girls leadership conference

this past weekend was me and sarah's girls leadership conference. and it went awesome! we held the conference for sixteen girls and their parents. the first day we had awa, one of our staging coordinators, talk with the parents while we did activitites with the girls. she discussed with them the importance of keeping girls in school and the obstacles that they face. then we watched a movie with girls, they got to spend the night, slumber party style. (it was really really sweet to see the girls push all their mats together and giggle late into the night)the next day we had six women from the area who have important jobs within their community (nurses, school directors, secretary, teacher, etc) and talk about their experiences, challenges, and why they chose to stay in school. the talk was really great for the girls and they really really enjoyed talking with the women. i think that both the girls and the parents got a lot out of the conference. as did i. it was a lot of work to organize but i'm so glad that me and sarah were able to do it. having extra volunteers their to help was also really nice and beneficial. hopefully we'll be able to do another conference like this one.

cheers,
jaime