Raparigas em Desenvolvimento, Educação et Saude (Young Women in Development, Education and Health) is also a national young group project started here in Mozambique by Peace Corps Volunteers. I took 2 8th grade girls to this year’s conference, to join representatives form REDES groups all over the north and center of the country. The content of the sessions was similar, although more focused on women’s empowerment, with professional female guest speakers, women’s health and pregnancy sessions and self-defense. The conference was all-female, creating a rare environment for young women here and opening up our girls to be more confident and ask more personal questions. It was a lot of work for all involved and left me pretty sleep deprived by the end, but I got to see my girls blossom and that made it worth it. The highlight of the conference was an outing up the ‘Cabeça do Velho’ mountain outside Chimoio. Most of the 60-some girls had never climbed a mountain so it was very thrilling for them to reach the top and look out in all directions.
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