Nov 217 likes100 girls.100 voices. Endless possibilities. 💚 💛 ❤️ The incoming class brought our My Voice Matters wall to life, sharing their hopes and goals for the year ahead. One year from now, at graduation, they'll revisit their words and celebrate how far they've come. Imagine what a year of education, confidence, and opportunity can make possible. Education is Her Protection. 💚 What would YOU tell your younger self?Latest
Nov 217 likes100 girls.100 voices. Endless possibilities. 💚 💛 ❤️ The incoming class brought our My Voice Matters wall to life, sharing their hopes and goals for the year ahead. One year from now, at graduation, they'll revisit their words and celebrate how far they've come. Imagine what a year of education, confidence, and opportunity can make possible. Education is Her Protection. 💚 What would YOU tell your younger self?
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For more than 10 years, Julian Lennon has stood with our girls as our Global…
♥ 82 · Dec 9, 2025
Tigist is 14 and determined to stay in school.
♥ 30 · Aug 13
100 girls.
♥ 27 · Sep 28
Today, we're celebrating every student who worked for this moment…
♥ 22 · Jul 29
Happy New Year to everyone celebrating!
♥ 19 · Sep 10
Every girl deserves the opportunity to stay in school.
♥ 19 · Jun 25
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About
FIT graduate, Women’s Campaign International Global Ambassador to Ethiopia and Board Member of Ethiopia Healthcare Network, Tamara founded Studio Samuel Girls Academy following the international adoption of her son, Samuel. She saw firsthand that safe options were stripped from a girl when she is born into poverty and is denied an education. Her goal was to create a 'teach a woman to fish' platform which would result in opportunity and safe options, steering girls away from the all too common pathways of child marriage, trafficking, and child labor, which deny them education and voice.
Studio Samuel opened its training center doors to the first class of 25 girls in January 2015 after being granted an NGO license by the Charities and Societies Agency in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Studio Samuel’s mission is to create pathways for girls to reach their potential through education and employable skills with Training for Tomorrow, the organization’s trademarked life skills program.
Today, Training for Tomorrow has reached over 25,000 girls (9-18 years old) in Ethiopia. Classes are held after school and on weekends and impacts young Ethiopian women through mentoring, counseling, self-defense training, occupational training, healthcare and more. Studio Samuel graduates are enrolling in college, mentoring peers and using their voice for change in their communities.
