Hiara, a blog about empowering girls
Wednesday 3 October 2018
FGM Mapathon at the United Nations
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Last week Rhobi was invited to tell her story as an FGM survivor and activist at a high level panel as part of the United Nations Genera...
Wednesday 12 July 2017
First State of the Map in Africa
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It was a great privilege to present Crowd2Map at the first State of the Map Africa held in Kampala last weekend. Over 150 people came f...
Sunday 19 February 2017
Drought brings hunger to Tanzania
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Life in villages like Zeze in western Tanzania is precarious at the best of times. People here are subsistence farmers living on around 8...
Monday 5 December 2016
Update from Zeze - WiFi, welding and a community library
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Communicating with Zeze has been difficult - the mobile phone signal is generally poor, particularly in the rainy season and so Benedicto wo...
Monday 2 May 2016
Mapping the fight against FGM in Mara
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As a survivor of FGM (Female Genital Mutilation) herself, Rhobi Samwelly is determined that the girls now growing up in Mara will not suffe...
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Wednesday 16 December 2015
161 girls now seeing sanctuary from FGM at the Safe House
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Rhobi was expecting a relatively quiet cutting season this year as most of the Kuria tribe in Serengeti only cut on alternate years. Bu...
Sunday 6 December 2015
Putting Zeze on the map
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It's the rainy season in Zeze so everyone is busy in the fields making the most of the precious water to try and grow enough to sustai...
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