Educating One Girl At A Time...
About Talia agler girls shelter
The Talia Agler Girls Shelter(TAGS), is a Charitable Children Institution registered under the Children’s Act of 2001. TAGS was established in January 2012 by the Centre for Domestic Training and Development(CDTD), with funding from the Global Fund for Children. The Shelter offers solace and a continuum of services to victims of Human Trafficking, Sexual Abuse, Child Labour, Domestic Violence, and Forced Migration among other abuses. TAGS takes in girls and young women from Kenya and those trafficked to and from the East African Community and other parts of the world.
Known simply as TAGS, the Talia Agler Girls Shelter is part of the Centre for Domestic Training and Development’s protection program that seeks to provide direct assistance to abused girls and young women with services necessary for their recovery and social reintegration.
Our Backstory
Since the TAGS Education Fund was established in 2013 our primary support system has been the Tali Fund.
Talia accomplished many things during her twenty-six years and her work continues through the Tali Fund. The Fund supports causes she championed, among them, the work of the Talia Agler Girls Shelter (TAGS) led by Edith Murogo of the Centre for Domestic Training and Development in Nairobi. Talia interned at Centre for Domestic Training and Development(CDTD) as a college student in 2006 and remained in contact with Edith during the intervening years. She embarked upon a career in International Development and shortly before her death spoke with Edith and endorsed her idea of creating a Shelter for girls at-risk and in-need.
She would be thrilled to know that the “Talias” at the Shelter are being given an opportunity to rescue their lives through schooling made possible by the TAGS Education Fund. It has been our privilege to support the girls who are being given new hope through the work done by Edith and her staff. Truly they are fulfilling the Tali Fund’s mission of “Saving the World—One Life at a Time.”
Richard and Mindy Agler
Co-Directors
The Tali Fund, Inc.
It has been our honor and joy to carry on Talia’s legacy. The smiles and the impact on our beneficiaries’ lives has made this a worthwhile cause.
TAGS Education Fund
The TAGS Education Fund was established by the Talia Agler Girls Shelter (TAGS) to provide survivors with access to educational sponsorships and skills training.
Since 2013, three years after the shelter was opened, the girls and young women in its program started accessing education in different educational institutions. To date, we have benefitted hundreds of girls and young women with quality education and skills for survival and economic empowerment.
By design, the fund is unique as it targets survivors only. In principle, the TAGS Fund benefits vulnerable girls and young women who have suffered different forms of abuse and exploitation, thereby missing critical opportunities for education, personal growth, and development. Vulnerable children and youths who have been forced by circumstances to drop out of school and have the desire to re-enter the school system face many hurdles due to the fact that most local educational funds target those with high academic grades and impose stiff criteria that lock such children and youths out. In essence, the TAGS Fund exists to offer educational support to those who could otherwise not access educational opportunities.
Once a beneficiary joins the shelter, and expresses the desire to go back to school or where a decision is made through the ‘Best Interest Principle’; they are evaluated academically and placed in a school as per their abilities and educational level.
In the spirit of partnership, the TAGS Education Fund works with partner organizations and schools and is managed by a dedicated board. The fund provides human and financial resources to support the girls with their education at all levels – both academic and vocational.
To ensure holistic support to beneficiaries, the fund supports students with Girls Summits, Camps, Leadership and Mentorship Training workshops, and Music lessons.
Let's Talk Numbers...
For the past 10 years (2013-2023), the TAGS Education Fund has provided long term educational support to over 285 girls. The Fund provides the beneficiaries with School Fee, School Uniform, Stationery, Books, transport, Accommodation and Upkeep.The Fund has supported these girls through their Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Education. This year (2023), we have 75 beneficiaries being supported by the Education Fund.
Did You Know ?
To educate one girl through one year of school costs :
- Ksh. 75,000 for Primary Education.
- Ksh. 100,000 for Secondary Education.
- Ksh. 150,000 for College Education.
- Ksh. 240,000 for University Education.
Scholarships
We have highly competitive and limited scholarships which are only awarded to those we rescue in our programs (our beneficiaries). However, with time, we look to expand. The educational scholarship which we provide include: Primary education scholarships, Secondary education scholarships, Vocational training scholarships, College education scholarships and University education scholarships.
Our students have been through the following schools:
- Eastleigh School
- St. Irene Junior School
- PCEA Kiserian Academy
- Furaha School
- Kabete Vet Lab Primary School
- Enezer Premier School
- St. Irene’s Junior School
- Nduru Runo Primary
- Tumutumu Girls High School
- Bridgewater Girls High School
- Kiseryan Girls Senior Academy Ltd
- Sacred Heart Boys Rongai – Nakuru
- Fortune Secondary School – Namayingo
- Thika Girls Karibaribi
- Our Lady of Fatima Girls High School
- Daystar University
- St Paul’s University Limuru
- Technical University of Kenya
- Mount Kenya university
- Railway Training Institute
- Key Montessori College
- Rift Valley Institute of Science and Technology
- Kabete National Polytechnic
- East African Institute of Homecare Management Ltd
- Kenya Institute of Highways and Building Technology
- Jusnet Business Institute
- Butterfly Care Centre Africa
- Thika High School for the Blind
- Salvation Army Thika Training Centre
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Edith Murogo
CEO/Founder
Jillo Kasse
Human Rights Defender/ Girls Child Advocate, Community Development Specialist & Leadership and Governance expert
Richard Agler
Teacher, Author and Rabbi Emeritus
Njeri Rugene
Veteran Journalist, Media and Communication Consultant and Founder and Executive Director, The Woman's Newsroom Foundation
Susan Wanjala
Administrator, Experience in HR Admin, Counselor and Experienced in the Donor World
Mariam Adoo
Educationist
Kevin Gikonyo
Financial and Business Consultant
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