Brave Girl Rising
On September 16th, Poly had the pleasure of welcoming Martha Adams, producer of the Brave Girl Rising project, to the school. The event involved a screening of the short film, before a Q&A discussion with Ms. Adams in which she answered any lingering questions about her work. The short film follows the experiences of a Somalian refugee in the Dadaab Refugee Camp, Kenya named Nasro. With the Brave Girl Rising project's main aim being the empowerment of women worldwide, the short film focused on Nasro's account of what it means to live in a region where girls have a 1 in 4 chance of being raped by the age of 18 and girls are often pulled out of school to spend their time supporting their families. Part of what makes Nasro's story particularly inspiring is her strong desire to attain an education even when she understands that such an education is unlikely to bring her better opportunities in the future. When Martha Adams asked why the girls at the camp still value their