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Kakenya Ntaiya: 一個建立學校的女孩

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Kakenya Ntaiya |

TEDxMidAtlantic

• October 2012

來自非洲馬賽族的Kakenya Ntaiya跟她的父親約定：如果要她參加傳統的女性成人禮（割禮），就要讓她繼續上學。她勇敢地要求上大學的權利，跟她村子裡的長老們共同在社區裡建立女子學校。從此以後，125個年輕女性可以接受教育，這是個改變她們命運的故事。(短片來自 TEDxMidAtlantic的演講現場)

來自非洲馬賽族的Kakenya Ntaiya跟她的父親約定：如果要她參加傳統的女性成人禮（割禮），就要讓她繼續上學。她勇敢地要求上大學的權利，跟她村子裡的長老們共同在社區裡建立女子學校。從此以後，125個年輕女性可以接受教育，這是個改變她們命運的故事。(短片來自 TEDxMidAtlantic的演講現場)

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Kakenya Ntaiya

Educator, activist

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Dr. Kakenya Ntaiya is the founder and president of Kakenya's Dream, an international nonprofit organization leveraging education to empower girls, end harmful traditional practices and transform communities in rural Kenya.

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