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URL:https://greenbayuu.org/events/girl-power-africa-potluck/
SUMMARY:Girl Power Africa Potluck
DESCRIPTION:Girl Power Africa founder\, Bulleh Bablitch-Norkeh\, will be vi
 siting The Green Bay Area Unitarian Universalist Fellowship on Saturday\, 
 October 13\, as part of a local education and awareness tour. The Fellowsh
 ip will be hosting a potluck dinner and meet and greet beginning at 5 p.m.
  The event is free and open to the public\, however reservations and donat
 ions are encouraged.\n\nGirl Power Africa (http://girlpowerafrica.org)  
 is a non-profit organization based out of Liberia\, Africa. Its mission is
  to help women and children in the post Ebola countries of Africa who are 
 in desperate need.\n\nThe founder\, Bulleh Bablitch-Norkeh\, was born in A
 frica and raised from late childhood in Oregon\, WI\, just south of Madiso
 n.  In 2006\, Liberia was under a new presidency with its first female pr
 esident and the very large task of rebuilding a country ahead. Bulleh's hu
 sband was called upon to help the new government get things set up.  When
  the move seemed to be a more permanent one\, Bulleh joined her husband in
  2009.  Once back in Liberia\, she began to see challenges women and chil
 dren faced daily and made it a priority to do something about it. "There c
 omes a point that you must stand up and offer a hand to another woman in n
 eed."\n\nLiberia\, West Africa has a population of about 4 million people.
  The official language is English – the name Liberia derives from “Lib
 erty” meaning freedom. Liberia’s current president (and Nobel Laureate
 ) Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is the first female head of state in Africa!\n\nA 
 14-year brutal civil war has left the country in shambles\, many children 
 were orphaned and depend on relatives or strangers to take them in\, entir
 e families became homeless\, many having to split up to go find work.\n\n
 “Women are beaten\, raped\, abused by their men and often must prostitut
 e to make ends meet.”\n\nThe children have suffered immeasurably from st
 arvation\, abandonment\, and sickness with no education and no hope. The 
 war destroyed over 80% of Liberia’s schools. The recent Ebola epidemic f
 urther weakened Liberia’s infrastructure and took many lives.  Leaving 
 many women alone\, homeless and without resources to provide for their chi
 ldren.\n\nAccording to GirlUp\, more than 40% of Liberian girls ages 10-14
  have never gone to school. Unfortunately\, young girls fall victim to the
  most frequently reported crime in Liberia\, rape or prostitution.\n\nTo a
 ttend this event or to make a donation\, contact Karen Eckberg karenrweck
 berg@gmail.com by October 10. All donations will support the mission of G
 irl Power Africa.\n\n&nbsp\;
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