Pakistani American Teenager Chosen for U.S. Women’s Delegation to Africa

Insiyah Nomanbhoy, 17, a Pakistani-American teenager studying at Castilleja Girl’s High School (A-levels), in Palo Alto, CA, USA, was recently chosen by her school and Save The Children, an International Charitable Organization, to be a teen representative on their ’2004 Women’s Delegation to Ethiopia and Uganda.’

In March 2004, Insiyah and her fellow students at Castilleja raised $17,000 in collaboration with Eastside Preparatory High School in East Palo Alto for Save The Children, by doing a multicultural Dance Benefit. That money was used to build a school with a well in Ethiopia in the Woliso District.

Why a well in a school? Water, the most basic of human needs, is a very scarce resource in Ethiopia, one of the poorest nations of the world. The responsibility of getting water for the family’s daily needs falls on the young girls, and this can take up to 8 hours each day! Building a well in the school encouraged young girls to attend, and take their precious water home at the end of the school day. Girls attendance at a school with a well now equals boys…