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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
Read MoreGraduates 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
Read MoreNusura 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
Read MoreSega 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
Read MoreFollowing 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
Read MoreHeidi 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
Read MoreSharon 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
Read MoreOn 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.
Read MoreSega 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
Read MoreSega’s Next Class in the Making Sega was pleased to welcome 32 “non-formal” students to its campus at the beginning of the new term in January. Non-formal students are vulnerable girls who hope to officially enroll at Sega but have not had consistent schooling growing up (often due to severe poverty or tough situations at
Read MoreGraduates Take Courses and Raise Money for Future Enterprises We are pleased to say many of the 2013 Sega graduates who finished their formal education in December are continuing their studies in Entrepreneurship. This past Saturday, fourteen of the graduates enrolled in a 10-week course at the Magadu Entrepreneurship & Business Training Institute
Read MoreForm Two National Exam Results are Announced This past week the Form Two National Exam scores were released and we are proud to say the results are very encouraging. First and foremost, all of our students passed – hooray! The exam scores rank Sega 79th out of 379 schools in its region; or
Read MoreEmbracing the Challenges and Highlights of American Life Nusura, a third-year Sega student participating in an exchange program at the Friend’s Central School outside of Philadelphia, has had a very busy first week. Within a matter days she has started school, adjusted to family life with the Saligman family and even visited Washington D.C.! Concerning
Read MoreFriends Central and Saligman Family Welcome Nusura Since Sega’s formation there has been a steady stream of volunteers and supporters who have visited Sega’s campus in Morogoro, but very few opportunities for Sega students to visit the US. We are pleased to say, however, that one brave Sega student is changing this pattern! Just a
Read MoreSponsor and Student Meet Each Other for the First Time Sega touches the lives of hundreds of people – our students, their families, the Morogoro community, our staff, our volunteers and so many more. For many people involved with Nurturing Minds and Sega, their support and involvement spans oceans – a sign of true commitment.
Read MoreA Special Celebration Honoring Significant Accomplishments Last week was a very special week; Sega’s first class graduated! In some ways it feels like just yesterday, and in other ways it feels like eons ago, that Sega’s first class began their education in a borrowed classroom in 2008. The effort these students put forth and
Read MoreStudent-Created Mural Combines Fun and Learning Over the past several months Sega has been in the process of creating an art curriculum and engaging the students in creative work. The desire for an art program was further inspired by Meg Saligman’s visit this past summer, during which she helped paint a beautiful mural on Sega’s
Read MoreSega Students Give Their Best Effort For the last two weeks Form Four students have been hard at work taking their national exams – commonly known as NECTAs – National Examination Council of Tanzania. It has been a stressful time for the girls as these exams determine whether they qualify for advanced studies, certification
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