Video of Delivery of Books and School Supplies

This year, my family and I took a trip to Nilore, Pakistan, which is several miles from Islamabad, in a poor, rural area. We visited the Nilore Model School and donated books to them, given by teachers and students at The Walker School in Marietta, Georgia. We also used the proceeds of a Walker School bake sale to buy computer supplies for the school. The Nilore School was started in a garage and has gradually advanced to having students graduate and go to college.

Here is a glimpse inside the Nilore School:

April 17 Meeting

This week we held our bake sale in the cafeteria. We sold all of our baked goods on both Wednesday and Thursday. Thank you to everyone who brought in baked goods, and thank you to Daryl, Isabel, Jordan, and Sophie who helped sell the baked goods! We collected a total of $500! 

-Alizeh

April 9 Meeting

During this meeting on April, we watched the Girl Rising trailer and we discussed some questions about women's education and rights. I am really impressed with it, not only because I know more facts after that, but also I am happy to see the girls are fighting. This kind of movie might not be as popular as others, but it is the one that we girls definitely need to watch. I am willing to watch the movie and making progress with GLI. Fight for equal rights.

-Karen Li

March 19 Meeting

Today we discussed our fundraiser, which we will be holding in late April. We will make a presentation during assembly, during which Jordan, Kacie, Autumn, and Sophie will be speaking, along with Alizeh. We will also be showing part of the Jackson Katz TED talk. The following two days, Wednesday and Thursday, we will be holding a bake sale. We also created our pen pal emails for the Nilore Model School. 
-Alizeh

March 12 Meeting

This meeting we discussed issues of child marriage in developing countries. We watched a video about child marriage, which focused on the stories of multiple girls. We discussed the story of Brenda, from Guatemala, who was married at age thirteen. Being so young and married, she is unlikely to continue to go to school and receive an education. She is much more likely to be manipulated by her much older husband. We also discussed the results of child marriage which include high maternal and infant mortality, increased risk of domestic violence, and greater risk of HIV, etc. 

-Alizeh 

March 5 Meeting

To begin our meeting, we watched a video by Jackson Katz that helped explain how we should no longer label problems regarding the females as "Female Problems", but rather "Worldly Problems", because whatever violence or mistreatment is conducted on women comes back around on the men in this world as well. The ladies discussed how femininity is often used in a derogatory tone, and how men who are more feminine than others are also mistreated and tormented. We watched a PSA sent out by the white house as well that discussed ending this abuse, and Alizeh read out some alarming facts and percentages about women mistreatment around the world, and how domestic violence isn't even considered a crime in many countries. We ended our session with an activity where Alizeh would read statements and all the girls would choose whether we agreed or disagreed with it, and then expounded on our reasoning.
-Jesse

February 14 Meeting

Today we discussed what precisely human rights are. We examined the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which was created after the atrocities of World War II. The UDHR includes thirty different points, from the right to a nationality to the right to an education. A video covering the UDHR can be found here. We discussed how the UDHR has many open-ended, non-specific points. In some countries that claim to follow the UDHR, there are still discrepancies between what actually occurs and what the UDHR says must occur. For example, the UDHR states that all people deserve the same wages for the same work; this is not the case in United States. Alizeh also reminded everyone to take the Girls Grade Beijing Survey, which can be taken here. 
-Alizeh