Leadership Institute for Girls

  [What is on my heart right now for the girl child programme - song by Nicole Brit ]  Set The World On Fire I wanna set the world on fire Until it's burning bright for You It's everything that I desire Can I be the one You use? I, I am small but You, You are big enough I, I am weak but You, You are strong enough to Take my dreams Come and give them wings Lord with You Nothing I can not do Nothing I cannot do I wanna feed the hungry children And reach across the farthest land And tell the broken there is healing And mercy in the Father's hands Take my dreams Come and give them wings Lord with You Nothing I cannot do Nothing I cannot do My hands my feet My everything My life, my love Lord, use me I wanna set the world on fire I wanna set the world on fire, yeah Take my dreams Come and give them wings Lord with You Nothing I cannot do Take my dreams Come and give them wings Lord with You There's nothing I can't d

The more I think about what Mahatma Gandhi  once said " Be the change you wish to see in the world" the more excited I become. It excites me immensely that beyond my wish and dream I can BE the change in my world. My wish list is long. And at the same time my only wish is to BE the change. I recently had the privilege to interact via the cyberspace with three remarkable individuals. This encounter led me to wish even more and strive to see the change. I cannot wait a day longer to REACH out to the girls and let them KNOW they are VALUED. My dream with this project is to mentor young girls and let them DREAM beyond their villages. Until then I'll never stop wishing to BE the change in my world. Source

I’ve been looking forward to reading Half the Sky ever since I read the reviews . A year later am having a chat with one of my lecturers when she quickly scan through her bookshelf; and handed me the book “ Half the Sky ”. I was so thrilled to finally hold the book in my hands. It took me over three months to read [there were long pauses in between].   A very slow and intense read – I must have cried and cringed with every story.   So many touching, heartbreaking stories and yet filled with pure hope.   Half the Sky for me it’s about hope and the power we have to change the world for better. Like Mahatma Gandhi rightly said “You must be the change you wish to see in the world”   It goes without saying, after reading this book I feel even more compelled to be the change I wish to see in my world. I wish to see women be empowered in every possible way.   I wish to see girls go to school and receive the best education. I wish to see boys respect girls fo

Through the trials and tribulations we face each day, often there remains the unanswered questions: Why? Why me, Why now, Why not? Question: a request for information or for a reply on a specific topic. To raise doubts about something, especially its truth, genuineness or usefulness. And as we wrestle with trying to find answers more often than not we feel that the questions are left open-ended, like an arc destined to never become a complete circle. Many just do not bother with trying to find sense in things, but the majority of us tend to think beyond, we want to grow, understand, make sense of things, explore possibilities and test boundaries. It is to you that I speak today: "Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart" "Try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books written in a foreign language. Do not now look for the answers. They cannot now be given to you because you could not live them. It is a ques