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2015 Girls Leading Our World
Peace Corps GLOW – Girls Leading Our World – is a Peace Corps initiative designed to foster a global movement of gender equality and youth empowerment worldwide. Currently in Zambia, Peace Corps Volunteers host Camp GLOW in 6 of the 10 provinces, focusing on the development of young women in rural communities. This was the first camp in Zambia to concentrate on urban girls. It provided a forum for 29 girls from Chawama, Chaisa, and Ng’ombe to focus on their professional and educational goals. Each day of the workshop, a new theme was introduced to the girls. This included setting goals,
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overcoming obstacles, higher education, and planning ahead. This year’s Camp GLOW in Lusaka was fortunate to have presentations by YWCA, Grassroots Soccer, ChildFund, the Global Shapers, Jhpiego, ZCCP, IYSO Consultants, Barclays, Kupes Young Women’s Network, Monica Musonda, Shaun Cunningham, and school guidance counselors. The week also included three career panels, representing 20 different careers, and a panel of 10 female university students discussing their college experience. The week ended with a gala dinner celebrating the girls, their main supporters, ChildFund, ZCCP, Peace Corps, and a keynote speech by Sylvia Banda.
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ChildFund and ZCCP GLOW Activites Sponsors
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Peace Corps
For more than 50 years, the Peace Corps has been a leader in international development and citizen diplomacy across more than 140 countries. Peace Corps provides technical assistance by sending qualified volunteers to work on development projects requested by host countries. Peace Corps concentrates most of its efforts on rural development and adheres to a philosophy of helping people help themselves, emphasizing the transfer of skills to host country counterparts and the use of appropriate technology.
Volunteers will play in the host country’s development plan. Volunteer efforts complement the development strategy of host governments. 2. Promote a better understanding of Americans on behalf of other people of the world. Volunteers reflect the diversity of the American people, enabling host country nationals to better understand the United States and its people. 3. Promote a better understanding of other people in the world on behalf of Americans. When Volunteers return to the United States, they become unofficial host country ambassadors. They share their understanding of the country, culture, and people through their pictures, artifacts, and stories to expand the knowledge and understanding of other cultures and places.
During a two-year tour of service, a volunteer is assigned to work on a specific project in agriculture, health, environment, small business development, education, or community development. Volunteers are placed at the grassroots level to live and work directly with the people of the countries in which Peace Corps Zambia started in 1994 and they serve. They are guided by the includes four programs: community three goals set forth by President health improvement project (CHIP), Kennedy in 1961 to help to promote world peace and friendship. The 3 responsibilities of a rural aquaculture promotion (RAP), rural education development (RED), and linking income food and PCV are to: the environment (LIFE). Currently, there are 243 1. Help the people of interested countries meet their volunteers in Zambia working in communities and needs for qualified people. Peace Corps relies on the over 1,660 volunteers have served in Zambia since the host country to select projects and decide what role the program’s initiation in 1994.
Courtney Tuxbury served as a community health volunteer at Kanyanga Mission Zonal Health Center in Lundazi District, Eastern Province from October 2012 - September 2014. She is currently serving as a 3rd year extension volunteer with the American Chamber of Commerce in Zambia in Lusaka.
Lindsay Martin served as a community health volunteer at Mwachisompola Rural Health Center in Chibombo District, Central Province from August 2013 - March 2015. She is currently serving as a 3rd year extension volunteer with ChildFund Zambia in Lusaka.
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Erica Orange served as a community health volunteer at Ipusukilo Rural Health Center in Luwingu District, Northern Province from October 2012 September 2014. She is currently serving as a 3rd year extension volunteer with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Lusaka.
ChildFund is an international child focused development and protection agency working in 30 countries around the world. For over 75 years, ChildFund has worked for the wellbeing of children by supporting locally led initiatives in health, nutrition, education, livelihood, and early childhood development. They focus on strengthening families and communities to break the cycle of poverty and protect children. Globally, ChildFund reaches over 17.8 million children and family members through comprehensive programs in 994 communities.
ZCCP is a Zambian NGO established in 2002 with a vision of having a well-informed and empowered Zambian society where individuals and communities make positive and proactive decisions about their health, development, and general social wellbeing through improved access to information and education. The organization uses a rigorous formative research process to generate appropriate “edutainment� content relevant to social, health and development priorities in Zambia. Currently with support from the PEPFAR, USAID, and DFID, ZCCP is implementing the Stamping Out and Preventing Gender-Based Violence Prevention and Advocacy project targeted at scaling up prevention and mitigation of gender based violence and the fight against child marriages in 25 selected districts of the seven provinces of Zambia. These are Chibombo, Chilanga, Chingola, Chinsali, Chipata, Choma, Chongwe, Kabwe, Kafue, Kalomo, Kapiri Mposhi, Katete, Kitwe, Limulunga, Livingstone, Luanshya, Lusaka, Mazabuka, Mongu, Monze, Mumbwa, Nakonde, Ndola, Nyimba and Sinda districts. These selected districts are all from Central, Copperbelt, Eastern, Lusaka, Muchinga, Southern, and Western provinces of Zambia. The goal of the project is to increase the prevention and response to GBV in Zambia and the objective is to decrease societal acceptance of GBV, enhance protective factors, and improve the enabling environment to respond to GBV.
ChildFund has worked in Zambia since 1983. Through various program interventions, it supports over 1 million children, youth, and their caregivers. The main program interventions are livelihood, health, early childhood development, education, and HIV/AIDS. They operate in eight of the ten provinces of Zambia, namely: Central, Copperbelt, Eastern, Northern, North-Western, Luapula, Lusaka, and Southern Provinces. The organization exists to help the deprived, excluded, and vulnerable children to have the capacity to improve their lives and opportunity to become young adults, parents, and leaders who bring lasting and positive change in their communities. The agency promotes societies whose individuals and institutions participate in valuing, protecting, and advancing the worth and rights of children.
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YWCA’s Lucy Masiye-Lungu (National President), Charity Chisenga, Manasseh Nanechi, and Kwalila Clement Kazora started the workshop with a session on the status of women in Zambia. The girls learned about the productive and reproductive roles of women, programs to improve the status of women in Zambia, and led a discussion on where Zambian women stand globally versus women in other countries. The session included energizers, learning kilos to encourage each other during the week, and creating posters about self-esteem, confidence, and motivation in achieving goals. Victor Nyale (Flying Angels School), Mary Phiri (Kamulanga School), and Charity Chinyama (Justin Kabwe PR), led a session about their new roles in school as guidance counselors. The session included a discussion of what a guidance counselor is, what each of them hoped to accomplish in the upcoming school year, the services they would be providing, and helped the girls begin to define potential career paths. The girls then broke into three groups to learn about what subjects they needed to do well in for specific careers and how many points they would need from grade 12 exams to perform well in university or college.
GRS
Hildah Ngunga and Frida Sinyanga of Grassroot Soccer (GRS) came to Camp GLOW to lead a fun session outside about juggling responsibilities. The activity focused on the complication that adding sex, and potentially HIV, into the girls’ lives could bring. GRS is a South African NGO using the power of soccer to educate, inspire, and mobilize the most vulnerable population of youth, ages 13-18, to help stop the spread of HIV. To date over 1.2 million participants in 40 countries have taken part in GRS programming and the organization has flagship sites in South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
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Shaun Cunningham came to lead a session on visions, missions, goals, and objectives. Shaun explained the importance of always having an “ACE card” - attitude, commitment, and enthusiasm - to achieve goals. He asked the girls to reflect on how they saw their futures. If bad things happened, he reminded them to ask if they were serious in their commitments. He encouraged the girls to surround themselves with good friends, judging them by quality of their hearts and not their clothes. He talked about his personal history and not letting challenges prevent him from achieving his professional and fitness goals.
ChildFund
Sydney Mushiki is the current Youth Development Manager at ChildFund Zambia. He spoke to the girls about an exciting opportunity for those who are considering the field of nursing. ChildFund Zambia and The MasterCard Foundation have partnered to expand the capacity of nursing and midwife training schools in Zambia. They are offering scholarships to qualifying students. This partnership creates employment opportunities for young people as qualified nurses and midwives. Mr. Mushiki outlined the program, the requirements necessary for admission, as well as a guide for how to apply.
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II Musenge Chibuye | Taxi Driver Self-Employed
V Phenny Walubita | Actress Love Games & Kabanana
III Ireen Wadada | Artist Self-Employed
VI Luwase Banda | Program Officer ZCCP
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Career panelists were invited to showcase different professional opportunities held by successful Zambian women. This was an opportunity to introduce the girls to career paths they may not have previously thought for themselves and learn more about the day-to-day responsibilities of different professionals. The three career panels during Camp GLOW included women representing 20 different career paths.
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Hilda Shasulwe of Jhpiego came to discuss STIs, family planning, and teen pregnancy. The girls learned about who is most at risk for contracting STIs, behavioral factors affecting transmission, and the complications of different diseases. They also learned about all the types of contraceptive methods and had their questions about their reproductive health answered in a safe space.
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Emma Mwiinga, technical advisor, for ZCCP led a session about gender-based violence (GBV). The girls discussed the difference between sex and gender and learned the definition of GBV, about different types of violence (physical, sexual, economic, and emotional), consequences of GBV, prevention of GBV, and the importance of reporting GBV.
Global Shapers
Jemimah Chulu, Tazilinda Mulenga, Erasmus Mweene, Mweshi Ngâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;andu, Chisenga Muyoya, Mofya Kabwe, and Sekayi Fundafunda of Global Shapers started the morning by discussing the differences between good and bad leadership. They discussed the importance of consensus when being in a leadership position and asked the girls to give examples of good leaders in their lives. The session ended with the girls working in small groups to discuss and propose different solutions to current global challenges.
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Monica Musonda, CEO of Java Foods, discussed the importance of being inquisitive, asking questions, and surrounding yourself with quality friends. The girls asked questions about her company, being a lawyer, paying for a college education, and what skills are needed to work for a company like Java Foods.
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Univeristy Application Process Thursday afternoon was spent learning and discussing how to become a student at the University of Zambia. The girls split into small groups by profession and reviewed the application process step-by-step with Peace Corps, ZCCP, and ChildFund.
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IYSO Consultants, Vriddhagiri Vasumathi and Sapna Sood, gave two presentations on Wednesday morning. The first was on PAD “periods and dignity” discussing menstrual hygiene and the importance of staying clean while menstruating. The second presentation was with a series self-defense techniques to use when in different vulnerable physical positions. Tricia Tembo of Barclays Bank came to discuss financial literacy and the importance of savings. She discussed the difference types of accounts the bank offers, savings strategies for young women, and answered questions about opening and closing different types of accounts with through different banks.
Mr. Price generously donated a pair of shoes to the girls at Camp GLOW. The girls also received five “Pink Pads”, a reusable menstrual pad manufactured by Zambian company Yash Pharmaceuticals, books, bookmarks, eeZee Noodles, and backpacks throughout the week.
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Ten university students and recent graduates came to discuss their college experiences. They talked with the girls about the main similarities and differences between secondary school and studying at university, what courses are needed in specific areas of study, and what they hope to do with their degrees upon graduation.
I Inota Cheta Economics
VI Mushoka Muyatwa Development Studies
II Nkondelina Chileshe Law
VII Mercy Zulu Economics
III Nachizya Edith Namukanga Development Studies
VIII Zenzo Hangâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;umba Library Info. Studies & Development
IV Thandiwe Tembo Mechanical Engineering
IX Precious Lumpa Library Info. Studies & Economics
V Mutinta Munkombwe Civil Engineering
X Buumba Malambo Social Work
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II Mweshi Ngâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;andu| PR & Marketing Manager Kaymu Zambia
VI Regina Mtonga | Co-Founder Asikana Network
III Chola Lungu Mutoni | Designer Self-Employed
VII Harriet Mwansa | Secretary Radisson Blu
IV Lwisha Shula | Lawyer Messrs. J & M Advocates
VIII Ireen Bwalya | Doctor Peace Corps Thursday: Moving Forward | 15
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Forward Chipo Phiri, Managing Consultant for HeadHunters Zambia, came to Camp GLOW came to discuss healthy relationships.
Norena Chiteba, founder of Kupes Young Women’s Network, spoke with the girls about personal branding. The girls discussed celebrities’ personal brands and reflected on what they wanted their personal brands to represent. The girls memorized a mantra from Norena’s session and presented it at the ending Gala Dinner.
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GLOW SPONSORS 2015 ChildFund ZCCP
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Chengdu Restaurant Mr. Price
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C a m p G L O W closed with a Gala Dinner celebrating the weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s achievements. Each girl invited a guest to the dinner to share what she had learned throughout the week. The evening included guest speeches by Peace Corps volunteer Erica Orange, Peace Corps, ChildFund, and ZCCP staff, speeches by four of the GLOW girls, and a keynote speech by Sylvia Banda. The evening culminated with a presentation of certificates, buffet dinner, and slide show of the weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s activities.
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GLOW Certificates
Highly regarded as Zambia’s first female entrepreneur, Sylvia Banda was selected to present as the keynote speaker at this year’s Gala Dinner. Banda is a 28-year veteran of building innovative solutions to pervasive problems. With a professional portfolio that includes an evolving list of expertise in entrepreneurship, development, agriculture, and education, Banda’s reputation as a humble-heroine has consistently gone from strength-to-strength in her mission to empower and improve the socio-economic well-being of others. Banda works to combat the low demand for locally produced, traditional food in Zambia by creating entrepreneurial hubs guaranteeing markets for these goods and by fostering an appreciation for local food in rural and urban areas. In this way, Banda is tackling the high levels of poverty in rural Zambia and facilitating the economic and social development of smallholder farmers by encouraging a shift from subsistence farming to commercial farming of local food. Banda is the current President for the African Women’s Entrepreneurship Program (AWEP), operating across 48 countries on the continent, runs Sylva Professional Catering Services, and has a university opening this year.
Gala Dinner Speakers
Top: Keynote Speaker Sylvia Banda. Middle: Peace Corps Zambia Country Director Leon Kayego (left), ChildFund Zambia Programs Director Doras Chirwa (center), ZCCP Technical Advisor Emma Mwiinga (right). Bottom: Camp GLOW Girls Speakers (left to right) Sheera Chanda, Tinenenji Chitani, Peace Corps Response/ Extension Coordinator Sally-Rose Mwachilenga, Mirriam Chanda, and Catherine Nyirenda.
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