Girls Camp

Dear Faithful Blog Readers,

I just found out that the 2010 Girls Camp in Djougou has been fully funded!!! To everyone who donated thanks so much This is truly an amazing oportunity for the girls of Donga region.
I was talking to my Aunt about girls camp last year and saying how while it is only a week, it's a week where girls are encouraged to be leaders, intelligent, and contributing members of a community. This is not how women are culturally treated in Benin outside of the walls of camp. My Aunt then reminded me that it wasn't just a week. Her daughter (Alayna), my cousin, went to a week long Women in Technology camp as a kid and came back wanting to be an engineer. My cousin now has a degree in Civil engineering. Aunt Monique reminded that these expirences can change the course of peoples lives, or if you believe in fate, encourage people to embrace who they were meant to be. I like to think that the latter is true. What you all have given these girls is more than just a week. Thank you.

-Melissa