The concept of career guidance is often neglected in educational institutions. Mwenya recalls only a few instances where her career guidance teacher visited her high school classroom, during the first day of orientation in tenth grade and when her class underperformed in math mock exams in twelfth grade. During the first visit, Mwenya shared her […]
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Let’s start with a definition, what is “inclusive education”? According to UNESCO, inclusive education is “addressing and responding to the diversity of needs of all learners through increasing participation in learning, cultures, and communities, and reducing exclusion from education and from within education” (UNESCO-IBE Director, Clementina Acedo). The goal is that the entire education system
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After listening to the inspiring words of the women featured in the previous video and reading through the insightful responses of young people from diverse backgrounds, it is clear that denying girls access to education and women a place at the table can have far-reaching negative consequences for any society. We believe that a more
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In Zambia, girls face significant challenges when it comes to accessing education due to factors such as extreme poverty, early marriages, and pregnancy, particularly in rural areas. It is crucial that we address this issue and empower the most marginalized girls in rural Zambia to pursue a complete secondary education. This can be achieved through
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On the 25th of June 2015, Mwenya had the amazing opportunity to meet and interact with Astronaut Dr. Michael Barratt through the help of her mentor Luyando Haangala-Wood and the US Embassy here in Lusaka, Zambia. When Mwenya was in tenth grade, she shared her dream of pursuing a career in the space science industry,
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Mwenya’s passion for a career in space science started when she was young. She reminisces about her third grade, her father picking her up from school to watch a NASA documentary or witness a space shuttle leaving for its voyage into space. He coupled this with stories of his tour of the Kennedy Space Centre
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As Founder, Mwenya was often asked what she envisioned for the Paideia Project’s logo, and she always imagined a tree because of its nurturing abilities to provide food, shelter, protection, medicines, homes for many birds and mammals, among other things. Mwenya also recalls having a conversation with her cousin about how the roots of a