Climb high Climb far Your goal the Sky Your aim the Star - (May, 20 2014)
(Inscription on Hopkins Gate outside West College, the oldest building on the Williams College campus) So what do Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Dartmouth, Bowdoin, Colby, Barnard, UPenn, McGill, Michigan...
View ArticleVolunteer Spotlight: Anne Shaughnessy - (August, 04 2014)
Think where man’s glory begins and ends and say my glory was I had such friends. -William Butler Yeats Out of all that I have read from Irish poet W.B. Yeats, the above lines have shaped...
View ArticleFreshman Spotlight: Martine at Duke University - (August, 07 2014)
We're so proud of our recent Gashora Girls Academy graduate, Martine, who has just arrived at Duke University and was highlighted in the Duke Chronicle! Meet Marie-Martine Uwera, an incoming Wilson...
View ArticlePepsiCo Foundation makes girls' educational dream come true - (August, 13 2014)
We are so grateful for the support of PepsiCo Foundation. Thank you for supporting Gashora Girls Academy's agriculture program for our amazing girls like Enatha! ...
View ArticleYoung Presidents' Organization: Blazing a Brighter Future - (August, 18 2014)
Thank you Young President's Organization (YPO) for highlighting our work and amazing students in Rwanda! Ignite Volume 3, Issue 1. Blazing a Brighter Future Gashora Girls Academy advances The Girl...
View ArticleCelebrating Literacy Week In Style - (September, 22 2014)
Students of Gashora Girls Academy of Science and Technology (GGAST) are celebrating their love of literacy this week with several reading-themed events. So far, events have included an interschool...
View ArticleGashora Girls Academy Wins Entrepreneurship Debate - (October, 01 2014)
Gashora Girls Academy emerged the best debating school in the 2014 National Young Entrepreneur’s Debating Championships after beating off stiff competition from Greenhills Academy, the outgoing...
View ArticleGirls STEAM Camp Summer 2015 - (December, 11 2014)
Rwanda Girls Initiative is excited to be partnering with Girl Up, Intel, Microsoft, and the support of the Secretary’s Office of Global Women’s Issues, to launch a girls STEAM camp to advance and...
View ArticleRGI Co-Founders Unsung Hero Award Recipient - (February, 28 2015)
RGI Co-Founders, Soozi and Shal, were so honored to receive the Unsung Hero Award at the annual United Negro College Fund Pacific Northwest “A Mind Is…” Gala, in Seattle on February 28, 2015. The...
View ArticleLiving Her Dream: Linda Umwali '18 - (April, 17 2015)
We're so proud of our Gashora Girls Academy graduate, Linda, who was featured in the Hamline University News! Undergraduate economics major Linda Umwali ‘18 traveled nearly 8,000 miles to pursue her...
View ArticleCo-Curricular Activities article in The New Times - (May, 27 2015)
We would like to share this article, from Rwanda's The New Times, about co-curricular activities being on the decline as schools focus on academics. The photograph featured in the article is the...
View Article#WiSci2015: THANK YOU!!! - (August, 20 2015)
Dear Peter, Alain, Maya, and the entire Rwanda Girls Initiative and Gashora Teams, On the heels of the official end to #WiSci2015, and on behalf of the Secretary’s Office of Global Partnerships, I’m...
View ArticleSTUDENT SPOTLIGHT: CAROLINE UMUKOBWA - (April, 04 2016)
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: CAROLINE UMUKOBWA Caroline Umukobwa is a leader. The SU sophomore and Civil Engineering major identifies a need and acts to fill it. Caroline says she "welcomes the opportunity to...
View ArticleSummer Internships - (June, 28 2016)
Congratulations to the 35 current S4-S6 girls participating in summer programs in Africa and the US. Programs are listed below: Yale Young African Scholars Program, Rwanda: 9 girls Yale Young African...
View ArticleCollege Acceptances - (May, 23 2016)
College Acceptances Congratulations to our 2015 graduates who have already been accepted to college! With the process far from complete (our students matriculating to Rwandan universities are still...
View ArticleTechnology Upgrade - (May, 23 2016)
Gashora Technology Update We have been busy at GGAST! The school has increased the number of computer workstations from serving 30 students at one time to 92, all running updated software! Our now...
View ArticleReflections from Rwanda - (July, 11 2016)
By: Connie Wallum and Tom Garvey When we think about our recent visit to Rwanda, we fondly remember the stunning natural beauty of the country, the kindness and warmth of the Rwandan people, and the...
View ArticleLetter from Soozi McGill - (July, 28 2016)
In May, I had the absolute pleasure of accompanying a group of 26 dear friends and long-time RGI supporters to Rwanda. Nothing brings me more joy than to share this beautiful country and its...
View ArticlePoem by Eunice, Class of 2018 - (August, 03 2016)
A Voice in the Hopeless Woes, sweat, anxiety and sadness, used to be part of me. Depression is not crying nor silence in a pale face, Depression was myself; from the very deep of my behind the scene....
View ArticleDestined to Greatness: Beatrice Class of 2013 - (October, 03 2016)
"For me, there is nothing more fulfilling as having been part of a generation that will take our nation to great heights." My name is Beatrice, Gashora Girls Academy of Science and Technology (GGAST)...
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