american-aviation-films

"Our mission is to “restore hope to hopeless girls.”"

""This whole experience will change our lives, whether we win or not, our perspective of the world and the possibilities it holds will change all our lives for the better. We just have to use the opportunity as a stepping stone to the next level.”"

"I was saddened by these escalating rates and therefore chose to join the human rights activists that were standing up for human rights, especially those of women. This was due to the fact that strict policies had not been fully enforced towards the protection of vulnerable girls and women in our society. Purity Achieng on her motivation for co-founding THE RESTORERS"

"Female genital mutilation is a big problem affecting girls worldwide and it is a problem we want to solve,”"

"I realised that I'm in a position to actually make some change, and if I'm in a position to help someone then why not go for it? What would stop me? I’m sure other members of the team have reasons why they chose female gential mutilation, but that's my reason.Owino on her reason for co-founding the RESTORERS"

"One thing I’d tell our leaders is that we elected you to protect us. We elected you because we felt you're in a position to actually make change and have an impact in our communities. What type of policy are you going to come to us with? And will you see it to an end? Will you see it to completion? I’d tell leaders to evaluate their own values, and what they promised the people, and then really self-reflect and see if that is the type of work they have actually put in. Owino to the African leaders"

"People will say that there are a lot of women empowerment spaces or women in technology, but then in my office, I am one in seven men. You cannot really say that we will achieve bridging that gap. What I can say is just start, it may be difficult, it might look very ambiguous at first. But then when you're able to just start, then you'll start seeing a bit of light here and there.Owino speaking on gender discrimination in the African TECH industry"

"The advice I would give somebody is, just start. That is also the advice I was given. I remember I was like “I really want to learn to code” and then someone was like, “Just get a laptop and start.” They told me that you need to have that fire in yourself first before someone else can help you. So that if they see initiative, then they're able to assist.Owino's advice to girls in STEM"