TEDxSanJoseCA - Margo McAuliffe - Educating Women and Girls in Kenya April 18, 2011

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Founder of Girls School in Kenya.

Margo McAuliffe is a retired high school math teacher who at the age of 69 followed a life-time dream to go to Africa. Margo ended up teaching math to girls in Kenya. Landing in Naivasha, she established Kenya Help (www.kenyahelp.us) a non-profit dedicated to helping women and children in Kenya. Through her work, Kenya Help has built St. Francis Xavier Secondary School for 320 girls in Naivasha, Kenya. In addition, Kenya Help has provided scholarships for many of the girls and refurbished the nearby orphanage. Margo returns to Kenya each summer for 2 months to teach, further support groups serving at-risk girls and women, and to learn more about the ways of Kenya.

www.kenyahelp.us

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