GIRL RISING - EMPOWERING GIRLS
“ Girl Rising “ is a powerful and innovative feature film by Academy Award nominated director Richard E Robbins. It spotlights of the stories of nine unforgettable girls born into unforgiving circumstances. Girls like Sokla, an orphan who rises from a life in the garbage dump in Phnom Penh to become a star student and an accomplished dancer. Suma who writes songs that help her endure forced servitude in Nepal and today crusades to free others and Ruksana, an Indian “pavement dweller whose father sacrifices his own basic needs for his daughter's dreams.peterlorschy12@bigpond.com
ach girl is paired with a renowned writer from her native country and these stories are narrated by celebrity actresses.
Girl Rising is the centrepiece of a global campaign to educate and empower girls Rotarians are invited to a special viewing of this 90 minute movie to raise funds for Room to Read which promotes education and gender equality in 10 countries in Asia and Africa by building and resourcing schools and libraries. Please see their website www.roomtoread.com. For details of their achievements.
The movie will be shown on Friday 22 April 2016 at the Barker College theatre at 7.30 pm. The cost of admission is $ 15 per person
For further information please email Lyn Davies or Peter Lorschy