"I’m going to take Kenyan girls to school" Elsa Majimbo declares
- Published By Jedida Barasa For The Statesman Digital
- 10 months ago
What's better than an educated woman you ask, it's another educated woman vouching for female education.
This is the inspiring plan of US-based Kenyan comedian and content creator Elsa Majimbo who revealed that she aspires to educate Kenyan girls and be a source for giving people better lives.
"I'm going to take Kenyan girls to school and be a source for giving people better lives. Amen! From my mouth to God's ears," Elsa Majimbo stated noting she would use the available resources since she does not believe in hoarding money.
Alongside other causes like high levels of poverty and a vast wealth gap between the poor and the ultra-rich, the major causes of school dropout among Kenyan girls are the high rate of teenage pregnancies and early marriages.
As of 2019, Kenya had the third highest teen pregnancy rate in the world at 82 births per 1,000 births with approximately 25% of Kenyan women giving birth by the age of 18 and nearly 50% by the age of 20.
In July 2023, Elsa Majimbo revealed her philanthropic side as she emptied her bank accounts for a noble cause.
Majimbo, speaking in a video posted on social media, said she couldn't justify earning $500,000/Ksh69 million when other people were struggling to make ends meet.
The 22-year-old said she instructed her managed, about two years ago, to drain her bank accounts and give the money to the people who needed it more.
"About a year ago, I would say a little over a year ago, I asked my manager and my business manager to drain all the money in my bank account and give it to people who needed it more than I did. My reasoning was as a 20-year-old I couldn't justify earning half a million dollars (it's on Forbes this is public information) I couldn't justify that, I just didn't need that kind of money to support my lifestyle," Majimbo said.
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