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Organizations Filed Purposes: KOMERA DEVELOPS SELF-CONFIDENT YOUNG WOMEN THROUGH EDUCATION, COMMUNITY, AND SPORT.

EDUCATION - THE ORGANIZATION SPONSORS SCHOLARS WITH FULL ROOM, BOARD AND TUITION AT A PUBLIC BOARDING SCHOOL IN RWANDA. DURING SCHOOL HOLIDAYS, SCHOLARS ATTEND CAMPS WHERE THEY RECEIVE TRAINING ON REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, CAREER COUNSELING, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND HOW TO BE LEADERS WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITIES. ONCE STUDENTS FINISH SCHOOL THEY ATTEND THE POST-SECONDARY TRANSITION PROGRAM (PSTP). THE PSTP TRAINS THEM IN ENGLISH, ICT, SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND HELPS THEM APPLY TO UNIVERSITY. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO SUPPORTS THE UNIVERSITY EDUCATION OF SELECT SCHOLARS.

AMPLIFY - IN 2017, THE USA LEADERSHIP OF KOMERA LAUNCHED A SISTER INITIATIVE CALLED AMPLIFY. AMPLIFY IS A COLLECTIVE OF ORGANIZATIONS WORKING IN COMMUNITIES IN EASTERN AFRICA TO BUILD FEMALE LEADERS BY SCALING IDEAS AND BEST PRACTICES THROUGH COLLABORATION. THROUGH COLLECTIVE METRICS, THE ORGANIZATION WILL PROVE THAT LOCALLY BASED ORGANIZATIONS ARE DELIVERING VALUE FOR GIRLS AND AMPLIFY WILL PROVIDE A PLATFORM FOR GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT.

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT - THE ORGANIZATION BUILDS A LOCAL COMMUNITY OF SUPPORT FOR THE SCHOLARS. AT SCHOOL, A SCHOLAR MEETS WITH HER KOMERA MENTOR AND FELLOW SCHOLARS ONCE A WEEK. AT HOME, HER PARENTS WORK WITH THE KOMERA PARENT CO-OPERATIVE. THEY RECEIVE TRAINING ON HOW TO LAUNCH SMALL BUSINESSES TO HELP SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES AND PROVIDE MODEST SCHOOL MATERIALS FOR THE SCHOLARS.

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