{"id":8387,"date":"2017-08-03T09:22:02","date_gmt":"2017-08-03T09:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/africlub.net\/awdf\/?p=8387"},"modified":"2017-10-03T11:34:01","modified_gmt":"2017-10-03T11:34:01","slug":"exercising-womens-leadership-that-transforms-communities-claris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/exercising-womens-leadership-that-transforms-communities-claris\/","title":{"rendered":"Exercising Women\u2019s Leadership that Transforms Communities: Claris"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8399\" src=\"http:\/\/africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/AWDF_AD-5.jpg\" alt=\"AWDF_AD-5\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/AWDF_AD-5.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/AWDF_AD-5-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/AWDF_AD-5-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Go-getter. These are some of the words that can be usedto describe Claris. She is 19 years old and part of Paza, Akili Dada\u2019s gap year programme in Kenya. Claris joined Akili Dada in her first year of\u00a0 high school, at Precious Blood-Riruta. Coming from MukuruKwa Reuben, a resource-strapped community<br \/>\nin Nairobi, she knew her chances of making it through high school were slim. She, therefore, sought<br \/>\nscholarships for higher learning from multiple organisations through the principal\u2019s office. In addition to receiving a scholarship, she has been a project participant of the leadership academies supported by the African Women\u2019s Development Fund (AWDF). The academies are spaces for reflection where Akili Dada scholars are equipped with life skills. This includes helping the girls understand themselves and their capacities comprehensively so that they identify how to best negotiate life in society. This in turn enables the project participants to excel in whatever they aspire to be and do, and to be the change leaders our world needs. At the leadership academies, young women also brainstorm new ways to<br \/>\nexercise leadership to transform their communities. In that regard, Akili Dada introduced Claris to the service learning concept. In turn, she decided to start a library in her community.<\/p>\n<p>To read the rest of her story click below:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/AKILI-DADA-PE-1.pdf\">Akili Dada Profile: Claris Paza<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Go-getter. These are some of the words that can be usedto describe Claris. She is 19 years old and part of Paza, Akili Dada\u2019s gap year programme in Kenya. Claris joined Akili Dada in her first year of\u00a0 high school, at Precious Blood-Riruta. 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