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Reposted with permission from NASSP’s School of Thought blog: https://www.nassp.org/2021/10/20/a-pen-pal-program-expands-students-horizons/.   _____________________________________________________ I was a junior at Valley View High School in Moreno Valley, CA when COVID-19 hit. After classes moved online,

Life in rural Kenya has never been easy but Covid has magnified the difficulties. Like the rest of the world, businesses, schools and churches were closed or restricted for months. 

By Wafa Khan On January 28, 2021, Vice World published a detailed article on the rise of FGC in Kenya during the COVID pandemic. Below is a recap of key

In an effort to reduce the stigma and judgment associated with female circumcision and mutilation, activists worldwide, including in Kenya, are now calling the practice Female Genital Cutting or FGC. 

By Wafa Khan, NTS blogger  The times are changing worldwide in ways we could never have predicted.  Today, at Nyamboyo Technical School, we are engaged in a major shift in

Most of our families are day laborers, only earning enough daily to feed their families.  This means a daily trip to the market to buy food. So, as families remain

Kenya, like the rest of the world, is battling the invisible coronavirus with physical and social distancing.  School is cancelled indefinitely and we are frightened.  Rumor has it that there