Discover with DeLuca
Learning
Here are resources if they are in your interest to explore prior to the Trip for Kenya!
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Learning
Here are resources if they are in your interest to explore prior to the Trip for Kenya!
Films:
"A Woman Like Me" featuring Selina Ntiankiki Nkoile shares what it means to be a woman, the path of being a Maasai daughter to a Maasai mother, and the fear of childbirth as a woman who has experienced FGM.
The independently made film by Maasai woman and University of Colorado - Boulder graduate, Angel Mollel, demonstrates a coming of age ceremony in Tanzania without implementing FGM.
The TEDx talk
"Changing Traditions" by
Nice Nailantei Leng'ete explores her journey discussing FGM within the local Maasai community and how she has implemented change for the present and future. This video complements the book, "The Girls in the Wild Fig Tree".
Books and Articles:
"Field Notes" by Luis Antonio Vivanco
Naning'oi Girls School and Rescue Centre We will be visiting and volunteering at this establishment during our trip!
"The Girls in the Wild Fig Tree: How I Fought to Save Myself, My Sister, and Thousands of Girls Worldwide" by Nice Nailante Leng'ete