Thank you to all of those who supported W.E.A.P.O.N during GlobalGiving’s global open challenge last fall. Because of your support we were able to raise enough money to provide scholarships for 20 girls for one year of secondary school and counting. This is a huge success. Since then our one person team in Agbogugu has been busy at work hand selecting the girls most in need of funding to enter, continue, or complete secondary school. Now that the initial process is complete we are headed to Nigeria to meet our beneficiaries and tell you their stories!

20 girls is a great start but it is just the beginning. As this project continues we hope to be able to keep supporting more  and more girls to go to and complete secondary school. So, your support is vital as we progress and develop new initiatives.

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LOS ANGELES, April 20 (Reuters)

By Jill Serjeant

A group of African first ladies began a two-day meeting in Los Angeles on Monday to forge U.S. partnerships to try to improve health and education of women and girls in African communities afflicted by AIDS.

The wives of the presidents and prime ministers of Kenya, Nigeria, Angola, Zambia, Cameroon and 10 other nations teamed up with U.S. health experts, nonprofit groups and a clutch of celebrities to promote their work. Read more