Great Article on SEGA and Its Supporters Haverford School, a well respected all-boys school in the suburbs of Philadelphia, recently highlighted one of its alums (also one of our board members) Clarke Blynn, in its quarterly publication, The Haverford School Today. The article gives a great overview of SEGA’s history, accomplishments to date and future goals. We 

A Life Changing Experience for SEGA & Agnes Irwin Students Earlier in June a group of Agnes Irwin students from outside Philadelphia spent a week at SEGA. It was an amazing week for both SEGA and AIS students – learning, growing, laughing and changing together. Below are two excepts from thoughtful and beautifully articulated essays written by

Girls Bridge Cultural Differences to Bond Over Similarities One year ago a group of students from the Agnes Irwin School (AIS) visited the SEGA School for the first time. As the trip was a wonderful cross-cultural experience for the both the SEGA & AIS girls, we are pleased to say that another group of AIS students visited

Graduates Ready to Start Their Own Businesses     On Saturday, March 29th Sega and its partner, The Magadu Business and Entrepreneurship Training Institute (MEBTI), celebrated the completion of a ten week program in entrepreneurship for 16 of our recent graduates (Class of 2013). During the course each student learned business planning skills and prepared

Nusura Visits Various NM Supporters       Above: Nusura at Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church and Fairview High School Nusura, a Sega student currently on an exchange program at the Friends Central School in Philadelphia, has been busy speaking at local Nurturing Minds’ events and traveling to Colorado! Back in March Nusura gave a presentation about

Sega Students Attend Summit and Develop Leadership Skills        This weekend five Sega students and Career Counselor, Amina Komba, are attending the 1st Annual Girls’ Leadership Summit in Nairobi.  Over the course of 5 days the girls will meet with female social entrepreneurs, tell their own stories, emphasize critical thinking, practice yoga and 

Following release of their exam results in March, Sega graduates recently joined a career workshop hosted by the Sega Girls School aimed at helping them to develop career action plans and outline their next academic steps. After introductions and an ice-breaker in which the young women were encouraged to “reach for the future and let 

Heidi Kane Visits Sega for the First Time and Shares Her Experience      A few years ago we got involved with the Sega Girls School in Morogoro, Tanzania and sponsored two Sega students, Prisca and Asha. Two years later we sponsored a third student Happyness. We had supported sponsorship programs before, but the Sega Girls School Sponsorship

Sharon Cromer and Charlotte Cerf Offer Congratualtions and Advice to Sega Graduates     Last week Sharon Cromer, Director of USAID Tanzania, and Charlotte Cerf, USAID Tanzania’s Development Outreach and Communications Officer, visited Sega to congratulate the recent graduates on their fabulous performance on the National Exams. Sharon had visited Sega as the Guest of

On March 8th, the Sega students joined with women across the World to celebrate International Women’s Day. Students in the Sega Girls School’s recently formed Peer Educator Club prepared a speech to raise awareness of International Women’s Day.  Club member Vaselista Njozi presented the speech during the Sega Girls School morning assembly on March 8th.

Sega Well Above Average on National Exam  The results of the Form Four National Exams were recently released and the results for our Sega graduates were excellent! We are thrilled to say that 25 of our 27 Form Four students passed the exam, representing 93% of the class; compared to the nation’s average in which