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June 4-5, 2011 PATHWAYS annual conference was special this year being held over a two-day period allowing plenty of time for sharing ideas on community projects as well as having a lot of fun together. We celebrated graduations as well as all of the successes the scholars have had in improving their communities over our six years. Special congratulations go to Michael Murigi (Scholar of the Year), Dennis Mutwiri (Honorable Mention Scholar of the Year), Alphonce Oginga (Honorable Mention Scholar of the Year), Nafisa Ayuka (Leadership Award) and Shelly Okumu (The Girl Effect Award). shelly 2

April 11, 2011 Shelly Okumu  is working to implement the Girl Effect by providing adolescent girls with mentors, an identification card, HIV/AIDS education and allowing them a time and space to talk about their lives. She will also be helping them develop an income generating activity in the near future. www.girleffect.org Continue reading

PATHWAYS Leadership for Progress Fifth Annual Conference

2010 conferenceMarch 27, 2010:  PATHWAYS Leadership for Progress held its fifth Annual Conference in Nairobi, Kenya.  The conference included comments from the President, Deb Gust, and Vice-President, Mbaabu Mathiu, educational presentations on topics of interest to the scholars, the presentation of special awards to two scholars and comments from representatives from four communities where projects have been implemented.  Additionally, each of the scholars reported on their community projects listing accomplishments for the past year and plans for the coming year. Continue reading