Kakenya Ntaiya: Empower a girl, transform a community
کاکنیا نتایا: توانمند کردن یک دختر، تغییر یک جامعه
Kakenya Ntaiya refused to accept the continued oppression of women in her Maasai village -- so she built a school that's shifting gender expectations in her community. Full bio
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I learned something much bigger.
you transform a community.
جامعه را نیز تغییر میدهید.
helping my mother cook, clean, farm
به مادرم در آشپزی، نظافت خانه، کشاورزی
a very young age to be married.
that are used to perform FGM on girls.
استفاده میشوkد را نشان میدهد.
the end of my childhood
in order to stay in school --
my community's support,
to repay that support.
حمایت آنها را جبران کنم.
when I went back to my village,
to men older than their fathers
بزرگتر بودند ازدواج میکردند
when they're teenagers.
any more girls go through that.
چنین چیزی را پشت سربگذارند.
to give back to my community.
باید به جامعهام برگردم.
and early marriage.
و ازدواج زود هنگام خلاص شوند.
just how big this dream was,
could be the foundation --
من میتواند یک بنیاد باشد --
I enrolled these 30 girls.
قرارگرفته بودند وبعضی یتیم بودند
that are very traditional,
آمده بودند که تا به حال
seemed excited to be there,
در آنجا هیجانزده بودند،
مدرسه مشکلاتی داشتند.
but they had no energy.
ولی انرژی نداشتند.
that a classroom was not enough.
که کلاس درس کافی نبود.
and hungry from chores
رفتنهای طولانی تا مدرسه و برگشت به خانه
raped and even kidnapped
مورد حمله و تجاوز قرار میگرفتند
could learn math or history,
ریاضی و تاریخ یاد بگیرد،
and be well-nourished.
از دخترانم با شما صحبت کنم.
family in the community.
سنتی از جامعهی ما میآید.
gone through FGM and already married,
و حالا ازدواج کرده است،
when she heard about it.
شنید، خواست که به مدرسه بیاید.
and we enrolled her in my school.
او را در مدرسه ثبتنام کردیم.
was only just the start.
who already believed in her.
ملاقات کرد که او را باور داشتند.
who dreams of becoming a pilot someday,
است که آرزودارد خلبان شود.
will follow in her footsteps.
the global economy trillions of dollars
ازدواج کودکان برای اقتصاد جهانی
is the doctor, the teacher,
برای دهکده من دارد پزشک، معلم،
will need in the future ...
نیاز دارند...
lift out of poverty.
کمک کنند تا از فقر بیرون بیاییم.
to go to university,
به دانشگاه به کمک نیاز داشتم،
داشته باشم یا خیالپردازی کنم،
all by myself.
رویایم را تحقق ببخشم.
who helped me more than a decade ago.
یک دهه قبل به من کمک کردند،
if I was going to be successful.
یکبار دیگر به کمکشان نیاز داشتم.
with religious leaders, parents
شامل رهبران مذهبی، والدین
and in the community
دولت و جامعه نیاز داشتم
the support of the chief
فرمانده نیاز داشتم،
the no-FGM policy in my school.
ختنه دختران در مدارس کمک کند.
did not believe in the education of girls.
تحصیل دختران اعتقادی نداشت.
هیچ وقت به مدرسه نرفته بود.
and brought her to enroll in my school,
او را برای ثبتنام به مدرسه آورد.
to get Momposhi to believe in Linet, too.
تا مومپوشی به لینت ایمان بیاورد.
of revealing Linet's grade
وادار به آمدن کنم،
his daughter being promising as a student.
دخترش یک دانش آموز پرآتیه است.
a strong relationship with his daughter --
با او ارتباطی قوی برقرارمیکرد --
as someone with full potential.
با استعداد پذیرفت.
in one of the top national high schools
and how smart his daughter was.
باهوش و مایه افتخار اوست.
to the new school himself.
had ever been to Nairobi.
آنها به نایروبی قدم میگذاشتند.
at university in Australia --
در استرالیا درس میخواند.
advocate in the community.
حامی ما در جامعه است.
in one of our training programs.
برنامههای آموزشیمان.
in the education of their own children.
تحصیل فرزندانشان هستند.
are the proud keepers
نگهبانان مفتخر
and embrace our rich Maasai culture.
غنی ماسایی را یاد بگیرند و بپذیرند.
do story time with the girls,
داستان گفتن با دختران میگذرانند.
our community remains connected.
برای اینکه جامعه پیوسته بماند.
mindset as their fathers before them?
فکر قبلی پدرانشان بزرگ شوند؟
called I'm Worth Defending:
حمایت شدن را دارم» درخواست کمک کردم:
led by Alfred and George.
آلفرد و جورج هدایت میشدند آمدند.
a training program for boys and girls
برای ختران وپسرانی که نمیتوانستند
about gender equality,
over 10,000 boys and girls and counting.
پسر و دختر را تعلیم میدهیم.
to make this kind of a dream come true.
به چنین رویایی تحقق بخشد.
have not gone through FGM
of women have been cut.
خانمهای این منطقه بریده شده است.
their cousins and their friends.
در میان میگذارند.
by the same, same community --
communities mean to Kenya?
اوباما از کنیا دیدار کرد،
from organizations
دیدار کرد که تلاش میکردند
have the same opportunities,
like Enoosaen are thriving
that each daughter is a treasure,
کنند که هر دختری یک گنج است
see that value in herself.
ارزش خود را بفهمد.
to what that future will cost.
که در آینده متحمل میشویم نداریم.
to my school will be a PhD,
دکتری نمیگیرد،
will achieve her full potential
را شکوفا میکنند.
for her children
by what I learned from them
out of Enoosaen and back again.
برد و دوباره به آنجا بازگرداند.
dreaming and keep going
ادامه این مسیر ادامه میدهم،
achieve their dreams
به رویاهایشان دست پیدا کنند
give every single woman
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Kakenya Ntaiya - Educator and activistKakenya Ntaiya refused to accept the continued oppression of women in her Maasai village -- so she built a school that's shifting gender expectations in her community.
Why you should listen
Kakenya Ntaiya was set to follow the traditional path of girls born in the small village of Enoosaen, Kenya. Engaged at the age of 5, she was to participate in a female circumcision ceremony as a young teenager and then be married. But she had a different plan. First, she negotiated with her father and willingly agree to be circumcised -- only if he would allow her to finish high school. Later, when she was accepted to Randolph-Macon Women's College in Viriginia, she negotiated with her village elders to do what no girl had ever done before: leave her village to go to college in the United States.
She didn’t leave forever, though. Deeply proud of her heritage and of her community, Ntaiya returned to the village after school and worked with her elders to establish a school for girls there. The Kakenya Center for Excellence was established in 2009 with 32 students. A primary grade boarding school just for girls, the curriculum focuses on academics, leadership and female empowerment, along with cultural preservation and life skills. While families that can afford tuition do, Ntaiya also works with donors to provide scholarships for others.
In addition to her work with the school, Ntaiya is also a National Geographic emerging explorer.
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