Really tough week in sewing, Machine is not working properly. After wasting an entire day trying to make 4 liners and on the phone trying to find someone local to fix my machine at a very large service charge I decided to sent the machine back to California where I purchased for free repair. The bad news is that it will take at least three weeks to get machine back.
I spoke to Jessica about sending the 39 liners done already but since the group had meet their need for next weeks mailing I will send all the liners when I have completed my goal. I knew that I would not complete 200 in just a couple of weeks but I still felt a sense of accomplishment by supplying enough washcloths to make many kits.
I have started researching the girls in poverty stricken areas in Africa to better understand the issues these girls face. I was also trying to find some information in relation to the readings in our class.
Girls remain woefully outnumbered in African schools. They
make up nearly 60 percent of the children who should be in school but in fact
don't attend. Part of the problem is economic, but much of the reason remains
rooted in societies that undervalue girls and, in some cases, abuse them. These
problems are prevalent in Malawi, but there's some progress as well.
In Africa, it's said if you educate a man, you educate an
individual. When you educate a woman, you educate a nation. Still, in Africa,
two-thirds of the children who should be in school but are not are girls. Part
of the problem is economic and part resulting from a society only beginning to
focus on the needs of girls.
The problem of girls' education is an issue in most
countries in Africa, indeed, in developing countries. Because of the low status
of women in our societies, I think the girls' education is not always valued.
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