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Nurturing Minds Executive Director, Laura DeDominicis, writes about the 2017 SEGA Study Abroad Program This fall, for the third year, Nurturing Minds ran a five-week study abroad program bringing two SEGA students to the United States to study English intensively, experience a cultural exchange and act as ambassadors for their school. Esther and Jacqueline were
Read MoreA joyful milestone: SEGA’s fifth graduation ceremony. On a sunny and breezy Saturday, October 21st, 2017, SEGA celebrated its 5th-ever graduation! It was a beautiful ceremony honoring and celebrating the hard work and perseverance of the 36 girls of the graduating class of 2017. Parents and guests came from far and wide to sing, dance
Read MoreSEGA graduate Nusura reflects on her experience attending the prestigious African Leadership Academy in South Africa. In 2015, when I was in form four (grade 10) I applied to an entrepreneurial leadership School called African Leadership Academy (ALA). ALA identifies young people with leadership potential, and entrepreneurial spirit with a record of community service and
Read MoreBy Ivy Reno and her cousins – Cory, Renee, Ben, Lauren, Jane and Cali Recently 14 family members traveled from San Francisco to Tanzania to visit the SEGA Girls School. Our group consisted of 7 adults and 7 cousins, ages 14 -20. We started our journey to SEGA early in the morning from Dar es
Read MoreSEGA was thrilled to host happier founder, Nataly Kogan, and her family as part of a group of 11 mothers and daughters who recently traveled to the school. Special thanks to Nataly for sharing her insights, experience and love with our staff and students. Enjoy Nataly’s blog below in her own words. Two weeks ago
Read MoreWe are Samantha Azadian, Jessica Begley, and Nannette Boakye, and we are second-year dental students at Columbia University College of Dental Medicine. And we are so honored to be at SEGA! Less than a week after finishing our first-year finals of undergraduate and dental school, we were off to Morogoro, Tanzania where we would stay
Read MoreDid you know: There are sting-less bees…not just stingers? Bees are the only insect in the world that can make food people can eat? Only female honey bees can sting, not male honey bees? I didn’t know either until we recently attended an all-day workshop about setting up a Beekeeping Club, thanks to a Fundación
Read MoreSEGA’s Newest Opportunity for Visitors & Students SEGA has an exciting project to share! Over the last couple of years SEGA has been developing the SEGA Lodge – a 6-bedroom guest house for SEGA visitors. The Lodge is now up and running and offers exciting opportunities for visitors! The SEGA Lodge provides guests and volunteers
Read MoreSEGA students visit organizations in the Morogoro community to understand the lives and daily challenges of others. SEGA students regularly visit community organizations as part of their leadership development program. Since the majority of SEGA students are from vulnerable backgrounds themselves and often have been on the recipient side of community support, community outreach offers
Read MoreSEGA Hosts Multiple Annual Parent Meetings Parents play a very important role in our students’ lives. Even though most of our students live on campus for the majority of the year, teachers and administration recognize the importance of communicating with parents and actively involving parents in their daughters’ education. Every year SEGA holds at least
Read MoreAn update from SEGA on its organic garden and anti-poaching efforts. Along with people all over the world, SEGA students and staff celebrated Earth Day last Saturday! In honor of Earth Day, we asked SEGA staff to tell us about some of the things SEGA does to promote environmental awareness and sustainability. SEGA has an
Read MoreMeet Susan Schneider – Peace Corps Volunteer at SEGA In honor of National Volunteer Week, April 23-29, we are celebrating one of SEGA’s volunteers – Susan Schneider! SEGA recently welcomed Susan Schneider, a Peace Corps volunteer, to the school’s team. Originally from Chicago, Susan has a background in teaching and corporate marketing. Throughout her life, […]
Read MoreRecord-high pass rates and SEGA’s career development internships are moving our 2016 graduates toward successful futures. We learned recently that 100% of SEGA’s 2016 graduates passed their national exams! This was a tremendous achievement for the students, and a first for SEGA as a school. Only about 70% of Tanzanian students pass these exams nationwide
Read MoreIn honor of International Day of the Woman on March 8th, we want to highlight a highly influential woman of our own – Hellen Nkalang’ango. Hellen is a SEGA board member and nurse/midwife, with a long and inspiring history of providing education and support to Morogoro’s underprivileged women and children. Hellen’s greatest passion is to
Read MoreThis Valentine’s Day, the SEGA Girls School is standing against gender-based violence through #1BillionRising’s Day of the Dance. This Valentine’s Day, SEGA students stood up to “break the chain” of gender-based violence! Continuing a Valentine’s Day tradition that SEGA began last year, today SEGA students performed One Billion Rising’s Break the Chain Dance. One Billion
Read MoreToday’s post highlights a SEGA graduate who returned to teach new SEGA students! Lucy Richard is a Standard 6 and 7 teacher at SEGA. She is originally from the Mbeya region of Tanzania – about 11 hours’ drive southwest of the school. Lucy’s journey to becoming a SEGA teacher started with becoming a SEGA student! After
Read MoreSEGA students attended two major leadership conferences this month in Kenya and Rwanda. by Hannah Wilson and Katie Fiorillo This December, SEGA was privileged to send students to the East African Girls Leadership Summit (EAGLS) in Kenya and the Ashoka Changemaker Conference in Rwanda. EAGLS Five SEGA students attended the third annual EAGLS in Nairobi
Read MoreNurturing Minds welcomed two SEGA students to the US this past month as part of an annual cultural exchange program. The two lucky students to visit the US were Elizabeth and Nadhiri, both Form 3 students. The SEGA faculty selected Elizabeth and Nadhiri for the exchange program due to their leadership potential, open-mindedness, maturity, confidence,
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