HELLO DECEMBER! TO YOU AND FOR YOU MY SISTERS…

Isn’t it a blessing when you get to see the end of yet another year? It is important to appreciate yourself, where you have come from and the achievements you have made no matter how small they may seem. APPRECIATE! In every start of year, people make different resolutions. For us, our resolution each year is to change the lives and make an impact in young women’s lives. This we believe we have given our very best to achieve this year and that through our work, we have not only made an impact in young women’s lives, but that we have inspired them and many of our readers out there to move from their comfort zones and motivate themselves to be better and do better.

I have definitely been inspired by my work this year. Not only have I learnt to appreciate what I have and the person I have become, but I have also learnt to be more patient and resilient. I have gained exposure through women and girls’ stories and experiences and most of all I have had fun!

Hello December, Time Flies! I finally got my undergraduate degree this year. I was very angry and disappointed last year December for not graduating with my class because of a mistake within my faculty. But, somethings have a way of working themselves out. I am really grateful for the tremendous support I have gotten from my SISTERS because going through my school life would have been so much difficult had they not have been part of my support system. Going through university is not easy, especially when you have to work to pay your own school fees, but it is not impossible.

I hope this post inspires all the young women who are pursuing their education and are facing all sorts of challenges along the way, or are stuck in the process of it all. Do not give up! Open up to your sisters and let them be part of your journey, because they are a hot bed of ideas, solutions and just basic support…which, believe me you will need along the way!
That being said, happy Holidays to our Readers and the entire Resource Center for Women and Girls Fraternity

Love and Love!
Ivy Nyawira

ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION FOR A LIFE WELL LIVED!!

AUNTY RACHAEL KALOKI

25^TH FEBRUARY 2014

Death is nothing at all. You have only slipped away into the next life. You are still the person who we knew and still the one that we know and hold dear in our hearts; we still remain to each other what we were.

We remember the times when we laughed, cried and joked about, got scolded and righted our ways, got scared and you comforted us. Your passing one year a go today was a sad and difficult time for us, but we soldier on spreading what you taught us to transform not just ourselves but also those around us.

I hope that today everyone reflects on the extraordinary life that you led, what you epitomized in young women and girls alike, the standards you set for us and the values you integrated into our lives. The aim of life is no more to control the mind but to develop it harmoniously; not to achieve the salvation hereafter but to make the best use of it here below.

Some of us tend to take the quote,  ”Live each day as if it were your last” literally that it ends up dulling our senses to the beauty of life around, but could also be a motivator on how we spend our limited days here on this earth. We all saw that in Aunty Rachael, hence her life legacy should not be in vain, we should continue to nurture it let her advice be our guide and the lessons learnt and passed on to us be our light.

You are a sister, a mentor, a fighter, protector and kin. You are missed and loved by many. You will never be forgotten because you live in us each day.