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Dr. Kawango Agot, the Founder, Director and CEO Nyanza Initiative for Girls Education and Empowerment (NIGEE), a local non-profit that was started in 2011 with an aim of re-integrating girls who had dropped out of school due to fees, pregnancies and other factors back to the formal education system.  This she did without donor funds. She, alongside her staff sourced for business opportunities and took girls to school with the proceeds. Operating in the 4 Counties of Luo Nyanza, NIGEE has since grown to a fully-fledged Girl Empowerment Centre with its own subsidized Vocational Training Institute, SGBV safe house, and a Programs wing.

The organization has also been able to access donor funds and implemented different projects, including, legal and policy advocacy, Anti-FGM advocacy, including hosting a camp for the girls who run away from home during the period, SRHR advocacy, Girl Led Media among others. https://nigee.org/ , Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nigeeorg?igsh=ZHNyams1Y3pyM2Jm.

This incredible lady has touched many lives, taking over 500 girls through the formal education system without donor funds, and other hundreds through vocational training, provided employment opportunities for countless others and inspired people to drive change within their communities using their own resources. She does deserve to be celebrated. Links to her LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kawango-agot-phd-mph-mphil-faas-7230b849/