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SUMMARY:Mental Health Teen Camp
DESCRIPTION:It was an honor and privileged to be asked to give a girl talk at the 3 day Mental Health Camp put on by IBoost Foundation. The camp was put on for the children at the Mahlabatsini Orphangae in Matsapha\, an area over run by prostitution\, drugs and theft. \nWe always start the day with a icebreaker and this time was no different\, hot potatoe was hit. We then proceeded to put the girls in groups of 5 and for them to come up with the best description of a girl in their opinion. We got beautiful responses: a girl is brave\, beautiful\, hard working\, courageous\, family oriented\, listener\, friend\, mother\, funny\, takes initiative\, dream chaser and so much more. \nWe then asked the girls what they aspire to be when they grow up and the responses did not disappoint: police officer\, pilot\, fire fighter\, artist\, singer\, teacher\, fashion designer\, lawyer etc. We then went on to discuss how these amazing young girls can become all those things. The main words that came up were focus and believe in yourself. \nOne thing we made sure to speak on during our girl talk was the way we need each other\, we need to support each and we need to remember to help each other\, as sisters come up and stay up. If one of us falls\, we must rally around each other and support. We need to understand that we will always need people in our corner\, and if it happens to my one of us\, it can happen to all of us\, so being there for each other as girls is important. Girl code is real and it matters. \nWe then had a very nice meat together\, provided by the IBoost Foundation and promised to return again. As The Brave Girl Initiative we are definitely taking up space in Eswatini. One conference at a time\, one girl talk session at a time\, whatever it takes\, our girls’ futures will be brighter. \n 
URL:https://thebravegirlinitiative.org/event/mental-health-teen-camp/
LOCATION:Tums Water World\, Sidvokodvo\, Manzini\, Swaziland
CATEGORIES:self worth,teenage pregnacy
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SUMMARY:Radio Show Be The Best You Can Be
DESCRIPTION:We still can’t believe we were on the radio. The Brave Girl Initiative was asked to join Ps. Ishmael Khumalo on the youth radio program\, Be The Best You. \nThis ground breaking show\, aims to encourage and empower our youth through guests and activities on the radio show. We dived into what our organization offers\, stands for and our take on current affairs of gender based violence\, availability of youth support and empowering one another. It was great to re-tell the story of The Brave Girl Initiative\, explaining where we started from and where we are today. This vision perpetuated the need to empower and educate our girls in Eswatini and also helped develop activities for our youth to partake in that are safe\, fun and wholesome. We are privileged to have travelled all over Eswatini doing this great work\, from Piggs peak to Siphofaneni to Nhlangano and we are still not done. \nAs we were discussing where the organization is heading and just how the future is looking like\, we couldn’t wait to spill the tea. From the launching of the afterschool program called the Beautiful Girl Child\, targeting girls in their early teenage years which is already up and running at Othandweni to the release of the organizations very first book for young brave girls. This book is meant to help girls develop a love for reading and also the books will be all about various brave girls\, just like them\, that doing amazing things\, empowering their community\, in spite of their circumstances and hardships. I guess we can all agree that The Brave Girl Initiative are busy making a statement\, changing lives and creating a chain of sisters around the kingdom of Eswatini.
URL:https://thebravegirlinitiative.org/event/radio-show-be-the-best-you-can-be/
LOCATION:EBIS 2\, Manzini\, Manzini\, Swaziland
CATEGORIES:brave girls,gender based violence,mental health,teenage pregnacy
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20231209T113000
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SUMMARY:Girls Mini Conference
DESCRIPTION:https://thebravegirlinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/VID-20240205-WA0007.mp4\nSo\, Eswatini is known for its breathtaking natural landscape\, beautiful scenery\, green vegetation\, vibrant culture and friendly people. Having said that\, there are still some major setbacks for our girls situated in the rural areas which can make it difficult to enjoy the nature we have when hardships are so near to home. Still on the mission to bring truth to all teenage girls in the kingdom\, the Brave Girl Initiative went on yet another adventure of changing lives. This time we travelled to a small community located on in the Lowveld\, Sinceni. \nThis girl talk was help to raise awareness on the dangers of engaging in premature sexual activities\, which tend to give birth to a lot of consequences\, which have halted a lot of our girls’ futures in the kingdom. We kicked off with icebreakers aimed at making the girls feel more comfortable in sharing their thoughts without the fear of being reprimanded. After that\, we selected 3 girls to be mommies for the day to a little baby egg. The girls had to do all activities with the baby egg in tow and jot down when the baby egg ate\, drank\, slept\, played etc. The girls found this activity to be easy …at first. Our day went on with speakers talking about STI’s\, consequences of sexual engagement at a young age\, further risks of poverty etc. We really wanted to get the girls honest opinions on why they feel the need to have relationship\, and at times with much older gentlemen. These were the answers we were given: For money\, for a good time cause being home all day can be boring\, to get chocolates\, to get food\, because their friends are doing it and they have nice cell phones. This was a sad thing to hear. Society has normalized being in a relationship for materialistic things. \nOne thing we strive to do as The Brave Girl Initivative is to equip young girls with good decision making skills\, and after hearing from the girls it was quite clear that there is misinformation circulating on how an actual relationship is meant to be. We also tackled the topic of gender based violence with a very special guest\, Tengudze. This beautiful brave girl\, spoke about her own experiences of domestic and emotional abuse. She was so brave in sharing her journey of suffering at the hands of a man who claimed to love her. The room became so silent when she relieved that in the relationship\, she too had stayed for the materialistic purposes and lost her identity and everything she was doing was now for this man who was taking everything from her. \nShe was so courageous and went on to advice young girls to focus on investing in their future\, once you are able to know your worth then no person will define who you are. This was truly the highlight of the event\, filled with true emotions based on true life events.
URL:https://thebravegirlinitiative.org/event/girls-mini-conference/
LOCATION:Sinceni Carepoint\, Siphofaneni\, Lubombo\, Swaziland
CATEGORIES:gender based violence,mental health,teenage pregnacy
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SUMMARY:Anti- Teenage Pregnancy Campaign
DESCRIPTION:We were so glad to be given this opportunity to be part of this campaign. It was located in Bhunya\, a community found in the Manzini region of the Kingdom. The event started off with a march\, where all stakeholders\, parents\, government officials\, NGO’s and participants which included teenage boys and girls of local schools in Bhunya\, police officers\, parents\, government officials and everyone affected by teenage pregnancy. Whilst all speakers revealed alarming statistics on the record number of rising cases of teenage pregnancy\, one representative of the ministry of education raised a few eyebrows with his speech. He pointed out that though the escalation of children falling pregnant while in school has always been there it seemed to have escalated during and after the Covid 19 pandemic. It really made us all wonder what could have gone so wrong and how we can we address the issue. \nAs The Brave Girl Initiative we have always suspected the lack of information\, lack of direction\, motivation and good wholesome entertainment could be partly to blame for this rise\, especially during covid 19 and in the rural areas. It was wonderful sight to see some of the teenagers speaking about their choices to stay away from teenage pregnancy during this campaign and why its so important to do so.  Our very own Brave Girl\, Nkosingphile\, got up on the stage and told her story of how teenage pregnancy affected her life. She told her story how she fell pregnant in Form 4 (Grade 11). For her\, it began with shame of how her family was living\, in poverty and extensive daily struggle to just make it to the next day.  She believed that when this much older gentlemen approached her that he would basically be saving her and her family.  And that is really what a lot of girls struggle with on the daily basis\, causing them to make bad decisions and ultimately change the course of their future. \nThe campaign went on to be a very successful day and we saw the impact it had on the teenagers and how as each girl and young man that shared their experiences helped to change their thinking about teenage pregnancy. \nOur Brave Girl’s incredible story gave the young people at the campaign the truth about teenage pregnancy and how it can drastically alter your life. We are proud that she is using her story to become a voice\, a tool to help young people choose the right path and take their time to be young and free. We are trying by all means with our teenage pregnancy talks to make our young people aware that sometimes a moment of ignorance and weakness can cost you a lot. We encourage young teenagers to understand the implications of acting before reviewing the consequences. The Brave Girl Initiative will proceed in telling the real truth behind all things teenage related and encourage them to have self-identity\, self-worth and to be patient to obtain a bright future.
URL:https://thebravegirlinitiative.org/event/anti-teenage-pregnancy-campaign/
LOCATION:Community Hall Bhunya\, Bhunya\, Manzini\, Swaziland
CATEGORIES:teenage pregnacy
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