GFA's first-ever virtual Dragon Dash Saturday, April 18 and Sunday, April 19 saw record-breaking fundraising, making it one of the schools most successful races to date. Throughout the weekend-long event, over 319 participants ran 5k's, went on family walks, biked around their towns, and celebrated the annual spring event in fun, socially-distant ways.
The event brought in a total of $6,331.50, all of which will be donated to Komera — and four of the GFA Komera Club's scholars, Olive, Solange, Ruth, and Scovia. Since the shelter-in-place order went into effect, Komera has helped to ensure that these young women and their families all have safe shelter, food, necessary supplies, and access to health and social services. Komera will continue to support the girls’ education through distance learning.
Solange is at the University of Rwanda studying Applied Mathematics. Currently, she is in her final year of studies, where she will have to complete an internship and a final thesis. She started her internship at the university doing data analysts and biometric management in the Department of Information Technology. She is expected to graduate in December 2020. She was also elected as her class representative!
Ruth is in her Senior 6 year, and just completed her national exams! She attended the Komera Leadership camp last week. Once the exam results come in, she will know her options of applying to university. She will start in the Komera Post-Secondary Transition program in mid-January, where she will study business, English language, and entrepreneurship skills.
Olive graduated this year from Rwanda Polytechnic IPRC East! She has a degree in Hospitality Management. She moved to Kigali and started her own business of making and selling beverages. She is looking to expand and start selling food.
If you would still like to donate to Komera through GFA's Virtual Dragon Dash, please click here.