Championing Literacy, Girl’s Online Campaign Strengthens Kenyan Civil Society – Yetu Initiative of Aga Khan Foundation

Can one girl inspire a nation to action? Chela, an 10-year-old Kenyan girl, has identified a critical challenge in her country: access to reading materials. Like most Kenyan children, Chela grew up without access to books; only two percent of the country’s primary schools have libraries. Knowing the critical importance of literacy to education and life skills, she calls on Kenyans to share their stories and contribute to a campaign to start school libraries across Kenya. Through this call to action and video, Chela is the heroine of one of the first online campaigns for Kenyans to help Kenyans on local initiatives.

This is also the first online campaign of the Yetu Initiative

Read at the Source: Championing Literacy, Girl’s Online Campaign Strengthens Kenyan Civil Society

About Yetu: Yetu creates a space where Kenyans can connect to make a difference in our communities. Kenyan nonprofits can use Yetu to showcase projects and impact, thereby generating local support for their work. Philanthropic Kenyans can use Yetu to learn about and support the causes they care most about.

Yetu is about encouraging local solutions and staying true to the spirit of building a better future through the strength of community. Derived from the Swahili word for “Ours”, Yetu truly is about ownership of the answers to today’s challenges. – yetu.org/about-yetu

 

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