Category Archives: Kenya Girls

Breathtaking: First Ever Secondary School

Posted on March 13, 2023 by margoday

Stand Where I Stood In the northern areas of Baringo and West Pokot Counties, the land is dry and harsh with difficult terrain.  This northern area is remote and for years there were no reasonable paved roads yet alone even … Continue reading →

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Breathtaking: Former Circumcisers

Posted on March 9, 2023 by margoday

Ending Child Marriage and Female Genital Mutilation is absolutely possible in less than a generation. It takes respectfully working with different groups of people in a community who have reason to preserve the tradition, engaging with a dignified community-based approach. … Continue reading →

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International Day of the Girl Child: Brave Enough to Believe in Girls.

Posted on October 11, 2021 by margoday

On International Day of the Girl Child, I want to highlight a girl who changed my life: Lilian Mnagei. If you’ve been a follower of this blog, you will see her referenced many times over the past 10 years, culminating … Continue reading →

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Changing Culture: Alternative Rite of Passage

Posted on February 6, 2019 by margoday

Today, February 6th is International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation UN International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation  It’s a day where the international community acknowledges and proclaims zero tolerance for female genital mutilation (FGM) – … Continue reading →

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Coming Full Circle

Posted on January 31, 2019 by margoday

On December 8th, I had the honor to attend Lillian Mnagei’s wedding to Aprinong’ole James. Lilian was one of the girls I met in Kenya in 2009 at the Morphus Rescue Center – Lilian and another girl shared their stories … Continue reading →

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My Next Chapter: The Kenya Dream

Posted on September 28, 2018 by margoday

Today I retired from Microsoft after 17 years, putting a capstone on my high technology career that spanned 34 years.  Microsoft was an incredibly great place for me to work, learn, and grow!  Each of my roles presented significant business … Continue reading →

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Through the words of Lilian

Posted on May 25, 2015 by margoday

Friday night, April 17, 2015 I was honored to be the opening speaker for the World Vision For Every Child conference.  I shared the story of Kenya, how I was called there and all that I’ve been a witness to over … Continue reading →

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Jubiliation!

Posted on March 22, 2015 by margoday

Two weeks ago, the girls at St. Elizabeth Girls Secondary School learned they improved their mean test scores almost one full point, from 4.862 to 5.725 – an AMAZING accomplishment in one year! Here’s a link to the video of them … Continue reading →

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Graduation 2014

Posted on August 24, 2014 by margoday

Time to let them go … “You are seeds, ready to be planted in this world ” declared Caroline Menach, Principal at St. Elizabeth Girls Secondary School and chief overseer and life mentor to these amazing young ladies. And with … Continue reading →

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Tipet: 2 years later

Posted on August 21, 2014 by margoday

August 5, 2014 – I arrived in Tipet exactly two years to the day since my last visit (see Sept 7, 2012 blog post). The experience to travel there was much the same:  a long and difficult 2 1/2 hr journey over … Continue reading →

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