The New Semester Begins with Great News The roaring cheer was part joy and part relief. Form III students had been waiting months to receive their National Examinations of Tanzania (NECTA) results from the previous year. They received the scores and learned that for a third consecutive year, 100% of the Form III’s passed their Form
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SEGA Graduates Adjusting Well at their New Schools Recently Pauline, Life Skills Coordinator/SEGA Teacher and Carolyn, Art & Environment Volunteer, paid visits to SEGA’s 2013 graduates. Pauline and Carolyn traveled all over Tanzania to check-in on the girls at the various schools and programs that they are now attending. During these visits Pauline and Carolyn
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Holiday Season and Fundraising It has been another fabulous season of parties and fundraisers. Nurturing Minds supporters gathered all over the country to enjoy one another’s company, partake in the fun festivities and support SEGA and Nurturing Minds. All events were a great success — thank you to all who joined us for the parties!
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A Graduation, A Celebration, A Success Last week SEGA held a graduation ceremony and celebration for its 2014 Graduates – the school’s second ever graduating class. It was an incredibly joyous occasion, celebrating the accomplishments of SEGA’s newest graduates and the progress that the school has made in the past year. For those of you
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A Benefit Auction for the SEGA Girls School The Northeast Chapter of Nurturing Minds will host its 5th Annual African Evening on Saturday, November 8 from 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm at the Larz Anderson Auto Museum, Brookline, MA. We are looking forward to a great evening of delicious food, drinks, silent and live auctions, and
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Please join the Rocky Mountain Chapter for its 6th Annual African Evening to Benefit the SEGA Girls School in Tanzania. The event will be held on… November 15, 2014 6:00 pm-11:00 pm Boulder Country Club The evening includes dinner, dancing, and a silent and live auction. RSVPs and online ticket sales are now closed. However,
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Soccer, Gardening, New Students, Oh my! Friday afternoon Student v. Staff soccer games are the new highlight of everyone’s week! After classes on Fridays, all staff and students head to the soccer field – adrenaline and enthusiasm runs high. The girls LOVE the games and even the teachers are quite competitive. These soccer games have
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Students Learn about the Latest Science in Land Mine Detection Last week Form Three students went on a very unique field trip. Pauline, Sega’s counselor and life skills teacher, organized a trip to visit APOPO, a training facility in Morogoro for rats (yes, rats!) where they learn to detect land mines and Tuberculosis. While this
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A Fun and Informative Field Trip This past weekend 28 Form Four students traveled to Dodoma for an informational field trip. During the course of the weekend the girls attended Dodoma’s Nane Nane fair and visited the Prime Minister’s pavilion where there were many informational kiosks about various national programs having to do education,
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A New Entrepreneurial Opportunity for Students The new canteen is almost ready for business! Built with funds from Fundacion Paraguaya, with support from the Mastercard foundation, the canteen will provide another opportunity for students to learn business skills and earn money for the school. Currently the Business Club is working with a specified budget to
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SEGA Students Teach Anti-Ivory Education Yesterday thirty-two students from SEGA’s Anti-Ivory Club took a field trip to the Yespa Secondary School in the Kihonda village of Morogoro to teach the Yespa students about saving elephants and stopping the ivory trade. The girls shared their knowledge about poaching and anti-ivory practices through song, interactive learning and discussion
Read MoreHighlights from Our 2013 Annual Report 2013 was a very busy and successful year for SEGA and Nurturing Minds! With that in mind, we hope you’ll take a moment to read our Annual Report and take credit for our accomplishments because we could not have done any of this without you! A few highlights we are
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Nusura Ends Her Time in the US with Drumming Party and Festivities Nusura, who has spent the last several months studying at Friends Central outside of Philadelphia, has returned home to Tanzania. Nusura spent her last 5 days in Weston, CT with her sponsor Kendall Webb. As Kendall reports Nusura’s last few days, like her
Read MoreGreat 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
Read MoreMicrosoft Will Match Gifts We are pleased to announce that Nurturing Minds has qualified for a 100% grant match made possible by Microsoft’s YouthSpark Bonus Day. What does this mean? On Wednesday, June 25th between noon and midnight EST, Microsoft will match gifts made to Nurturing Minds! Here are the details: What: Microsoft will match any
Read MoreA 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
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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 MoreMatching Grant We are very excited to announce our third generous matching grant from USAID. This program provides assistance to schools, libraries, and medical centers outside the U.S. that serve as study and demonstration centers for American ideas and practices. This new grant of $275,000 will enable us to build a new volunteer house, purchase
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