As you may know,
when a Jewish child turns 13, they a have a special celebration called a Bat
Mitzvah. Bat Mitzvah is when you become
a “child of the torah.” On this day you read from the Torah. Leading up to this
day you have to do many, many things to prepare. Study your portion, go to at
least 18 temple services, plan the after party (obviously), and, most
important, choose a Mitzvah project.
You may be wondering, what’s a Mitzvah? Well, to answer
your question, Mitzvah in Hebrew is favor, but it also means responsibility.
The Mitzvah project is a project you do to help others, not just yourself. By
completing a Mitzvah project, I am honoring my responsibility to help others.
At first, I had
several ideas for my Mitzvah project, but none inspired me. When my mom started working with Girls
Supporting Girls I knew I wanted to be part of it. I wanted to make Girls
Supporting Girls part of my Mitzvah project. I had already seen Girl Rising
with my mom. I loved it. It was just so amazing to see girls from different
developing countries not being able to go to school but still working through
it, being strong, and learning to live with so much less. I had always thought everyone was able to go to
school, but after seeing Girl Rising, I realized that many girls don’t even
have school. I know I am lucky to be learning about crystals
and minerals and reading books! Some girls aren't even allowed to go school or don't have the money
to even learn how to multiply 2 and 2!
I was so excited
when my mom told me about GSG. Girls Supporting Girls is an organization
helping girls in developing countries learn, read, write and mostly, go to
school. They are working with Room To Read to build a whole entire school in
Cambodia! I recently went to a meeting and we talked about the unfairness of
girls rights. After all this talking and discussing, I immediately knew what my
new Mitzvah project was going to be. I could not wait to get started! The next day
my mom and I checked about Booktober, an event that Room To Read was hosting.
There were different rewards for different amounts of donations. $10: 10 books
for a girl. $25: new school uniforms for 4 kids who can’t go to school. $50: A
bicycle for a student to ride to and from school safely. $100: 4
library shelves filled with books and finally $250: Can send a child to school for a
whole entire year. Now, I have my goal. Before my Bat Mitzvah, next year, I want to send 4
girls to school. That's $1,000! I know my Bat Mitzvah
project may not be easy, but it will change the lives of 4 girls… girls just like me! You can help me with my Mitzvah project right now. Just click on the 'Support Us' tab above and look for Rebecca and Lulu Daly's page!
-Lulu Daly
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Board member Kim Bahna and I invited a group of third grade girls to discuss how they could help other girls around the world go to school. We watched a clip from the movie "Girl Rising" and discussed the barriers (sometimes financial, sometimes cultural) that girls face in obtaining an education. 
