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Appreciation to WAGGGS Family:

Alice Waweru Retirement Farewell e-Party: Thursday 14.12.2023 and Africa MOs Farewell tributes at Africa Region’s End of Year Celebration on Saturday 16 .12.2023

Dear WAGGGS Family,

My nerves are calming down a little bit, and I wanted to take this opportunity to express my deepest heartfelt gratitude to all WAGGGS Family of Volunteers and staff for your time, dedicated effort in planning, attending and for the most kind messages, remarks reminiscing our milestones achieved together.

I can’t thank you enough.

Taking the lead, Candela, World Board Chair together with Anna, the Chief Executive.

I appreciated to seeing our Member Organisations’ teams of leadership to community level, past  and current World Board members, Africa Region’s Committee past Committee members, with Chairs and present members and Chair, Faniry and Vice Chair Lucia, and Asia Pacific Regional Committee Chair, Chempaka and Vice Chair, Prarthana.

Africa MOs, your most unique style of conveying  farewell messages was so humbling, witnessed by Chief Commissioners dressed in official Girl Guide Uniform.

I honour you too in reciprocity.

Thank you so much for inviting my family. They are  is still in awe with your dedicated appreciation. They will always hold you all in high esteem.

And for all the surprise gifts of flowers,  WAGGGS scarf and YESS Movement Calendar 2024, to crown it , truly unexpected and highly appreciated Honorary Associate membership by the World Board!

May the Almighty, grant you His blessings.

Best wishes for season’s holidays and the coming New Year and beyond.

Kind regards

Freshly honoured;

Alice Waweru

Honorary Associate member - WAGGGS

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Date: 14 Dec 2023 (Thursday)

Time: 14:00-16:00 UTC (UK) / 17:00-19:00 (Kenya)

Get the Zoom link to join

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcsfu-hrjMvE9YqkFEPC7Ud1clIb1PugWtX

Download Zoom background and programme here:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1sK_5jAts9FbVFLuVNic_vN4f1fpU3KGO?usp=sharing

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Zoom background for the Retirement Party

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Zoom background for the Retirement Party

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Video montage of Alice Wawaru's story in WAGGGS

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Video montage of Alice Wawaru's story in WAGGGS

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Celebrating Alice Waweru by the YESS Girls' Movement

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Celebrating Alice Waweru by the YESS Girls' Movement

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Celebrating Alice Waweru by the YESS Girls' Movement

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Flowers from WAGGGS team arrived in time for the party! 

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Flowers from WAGGGS team arrived in time for the party! 

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The awesome calendar tailor-made for Alice, with love from the YESS Girls' Movement 

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The awesome calendar tailor-made for Alice, with love from the YESS Girls' Movement 

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Collage of 2 group photos during the party

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Collage of 2 group photos during the party

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Sung by Jen Barron

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Recording of Alice Waweru's Retirement Party

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Recording of Alice Waweru's Retirement Party

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It has been short but sweet! Thank you for being such a welcoming team mate when I joined WAGGGS earlier this year. I am glad to have had the chance to work alongside you if only for a few months. Wishing you lots of happiness in your retirement - well earned! Amy x

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It has been amazing to work with you! Wow, what difference you made for girls and young women in Kenya, Africa and worldwide! Be proud of what you achieved! Thank you for all you have done for the Movement. Have a wonderful time, and enjoy the things you love to do and the people you love to be around. Lots of love,

Inga

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Dear Alice

It has been wonderful to know you and spend some time with you in Nigeria. Always admired your willingness, your positiveness and your welcoming nature. Thank you for everything you have contributed in WAGGGS and also in personal life of people you met.

Mina (Sangam World Centre)

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Dear Queen Alice,

We have been colleagues for as long as I've been in WAGGGS, but it was only in the past 6 years that we started working closer with each other. Sharing a photo from the Asia Pacific Regional Committee meeting in Taiwan in 2017, the first year that you have an official role in the Asia Pacific Region. There are of course many other memories we built along the way, and I believe I will share more photos as I dig all my albums!

Alice, thank you for being a colleague who always cares. We have been through lots, and I will continue to cherish these moments.

Here's wishing you a happy life post-WAGGGS. And welcome to Asia Pacific Region again as you continue to come and stay with your family in Australia. Maybe one day, we can meet in Friends of Asia Pacific WAGGGS event (haha!).

Take care and keep in touch!

Grace

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Dear Alice

Thank you for your service to WAGGGS and all the lives you've made an impact on. Seeing a strong African woman leading and mentoring others was so inspirational to me. I really enjoyed chatting to you during the planning stages of the STEM webinars - your cheerful personality was contagious!

Retirement is not the end! You know what they say:

"Once a Girl Guide, always a Girl Guide!"

Lots of love!

Nikki :)

Girl Guides South Africa

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Alice, our friendship is magic and I look forward to continuing it once you retire. It has been amazing to watch your journey and to share a small part of it with you. We will continue to change the world. Thank you and much love. jen...xxx

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Alice you are a superstar. Your contribution to girls and young women worldwide is immeasurable. Your dedication to WAGGGS is outstanding, you have been here through it all. We are sad to see you go but delighted you are retiring to enjoy some rest and time with family.

Although we've only met on zoom your warmth and kindness radiates through the screen. I hope our paths will cross in the future.

Keep well, and all the best - Cat

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Your generous and kind heart is a gift to everyone who happens to cross your path. The selfless way in which you walk in the world is an inspirational to all, especially to the women and girls you have tirelessly supported while working at WAGGGS. You were one of the first people mentioned to me when I joined WAGGGS as someone who held so much institutional knowledge and had networking skills like no-one else! WAGGGS will be poorer without you. You more than deserve this time to yourself and to spend it with your wonderful family. I hope you'll keep in touch. All my love Anber xx

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In 2019, during the YESS girls Tanzania farewell party

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Dear Alice,

It's hard to believe that you're retiring already! Thank you for being an amazing colleague, mentor, and friend, for being the wind beneath our wings, and for always pushing us to be our best. I'll miss your contagious excellence and your positive attitude. You're leaving some pretty big shoes to fill!

I still remember the day we first met during the YESS Girls movement in Tanzania in 2019 (photo above). It seems like it was yesterday. Your impact on me and other girls and young women worldwide is immeasurable.

You will be missed dearly. I wish you a happy and fulfilling retirement! As we say in Swahili, "Kila la kheri" (All the best)!

With love and appreciation,

Pamela xx

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Wishing you all the best in your retirement after nearly 20 years of service to WAGGGS. I have many happy memories of working alongside you to serve the many girls and young women of Africa. I particularly enjoyed our close work during my first Africa conference in Lagos after many years of serving the region. It was wonderful to see your direct work in action. I hope that one day we will meet up again. Take care and enjoy your retirement Alice. Morwenna 🧡☘️💙

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The President's Award Kenya, Nairobi, 2008

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Dear Alice

I first met you in Kenya in 2008, when I worked for the Duke of Edinburgh's Award. That was a full 8 years before I joined WAGGGS! In the hotel foyer, there was a 2-page pullout in the Nairobi newspaper about you and the amazing work that you were doing in youth development. I knew I was going to meet a legend, as indeed you were and always will be.

Your ability to forge partnerships with different ministries, NGOs, corporates, youth agencies and various other stakeholders is not only because of your understanding and application of the inter-connectedness of youth development work, but also your superb networking and diplomacy skills. And of course, you'll always be the ultimate style Queen.

Thank you for your contribution to making the world a better place for girls and young women. I wish you the very best in your next journey.

Lots of love,

Cristal

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Dear Alice,

Your leadership style and resilience has been a great motivation for young people like us. You push, you stand, you speak, you fight, you act, you teach, you serve, you lead, you are really a Guide in deed and word.

We had great and impacting time working together on STEM report analysis 2022/23

Your service to humanity and God has been blessing to us all

I love you, we love you and we will miss you 🥰🥰🥰

from:

ILESANMI TOLULOPE

NIGERIAN GIRL GUIDE ASSOCIATION

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Hello Alice,

Happy retirement and Thank You for the postive changes you bring into the movement!

I never met you in person but from here, I feel lucky that youths like me have someone like you who we can learn from and look up to.

Thank you!

Vyen (Girl Guides Association of Malaysia)

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Dear Alice,

Thank you for the love and work you have shared not only with Girls and Young Women in Africa but with the entire Movement. It was such a wonderful thing to cross paths with a jolly, passionate, and amazing woman like you. I will always cherish the moments I got to work with you and that one time I went to mass with you and Marie-Paule. I hope your next years will be filled with well-deserved rest and blessings. 💕💕💕

'Til we meet again,

Chelsea

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My dearest Alice, it has been such a pleasure meeting you and working together on various projects :) in WAGGGS. I will always admire how impressively you knew what to say and do, with a smile assessing each situation and finding solutions.

My most importantly I value our friendship. You are an incredible human being and I will never forget how you made my birthday special, inviting me to your home and meeting your wonderful family.

I will miss you a lot and I hope you get a chance to visit me in Greece soon. Sending lots of love, Nefeli

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I will always remember your kindness to me when I visited your beautiful country for the conference in 2016; it really made the experience so much better.

Your work for wagggs has been fantastic over the years, and the organisation will miss you terribly.

Good luck for the future!

Siobhan Adeusi

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It has been an honor and a privilege to have known you and shared with you bits and pieces of our Guiding journey.

I treasure them along with your wise advice, your worm smile, and your unassuming love and friendship.

Till we meet again, remember you always have a home in Greece.

Sincerely yours,

Sophy K

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Thank you for being such a fantastic colleague over the years. I remember when I started at WAGGGS, I had so many questions about Africa region and had so many ideas about how we could all work together to deliver an incredible JLS event.

You were instrumental in ensuring that the Region was included, considered and represented across the planning process. This is just one example of how you championed inclusivity and gave your all to your role. Thanks so much for your patience, for your kindness and for your ideas in that project and beyond.

I recall so many people telling me about you as I worked with MOs and travelled across Africa region, and I'm sure I don't need to say this, but you will truly be missed. Not only as part of Girl Guiding in Africa region but as an instrumental member of the WAGGGS global team.

Lots of love in this next phase of your life.

❤️❤️ Wumi

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Alice! It has been such an honour to work alongside you at events over the years. I always knew if you were there that participants would have an amazing time and that all of us would have so much fun. Happy retirement! - christa

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Alice, it has been such a pleasure to get to know you at various points along our journeys with WAGGGS. It has always been such an honour to work alongside you and I have always appreciated your guidance, relationship building skills, warmth and the knowledge that you brought to all situations. Thanks for your support of me during the Fifth World Centre Pilot at Shanzu, way back during my first time as a staff member for WAGGGS and for all you have given to the movement and to improving the lives of girls and young women around the world. Happy retirement and perhaps our paths will meet whilst you spend time with your family here in Australia! Please reach out if you are ever in Sydney or Wollongong. Bron

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Dear Alice! It was such a joy to work with you and I wish you all the best in your retirement. You enriched the lives of so many people personally and with your work. Thank you for always being so supportive. I hope that you fill your days with things that make you happy and fulfilled! All the best and please stay in touch, Sophie B x 

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Dear Alice! It was such a joy to work with you and I wish you all the best in your retirement. You enriched the lives of so many people personally and with your work. Thank you for always being so supportive. I hope that you fill your days with things that make you happy and fulfilled! All the best and please stay in touch, Sophie B x 

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I can't believe you are leaving! You have been such an important part of WAGGGS, what will we do without you?

It has been an absolute honour to work with you. You've been such a source of wisdom, knowledge, experience and support. Thank you so much.

Wishing you a very happy and restful retirement. I hope you get lots of time to enjoy being grandma.

I have no doubt we'll still see you involved in the Movement in some way!

All the best, Alice.

Lots of love

Sophie xx

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Alice dearest,

I will hold on to the so many memories we have created together. We have both agreed that your retirement will not in any way mark the end of creating those memories. We will continue to walk together in other aspects of our lives. Thank you for introducing me to WAGGGS; thank you for holding my hand always; thank you for loving me; thank you for making me family; thank you for the fun; the Laughters ...the list is long! Thank you for everything Alice. You make life look and feel so simple!

Just know that you will forever live rent free in my heart. My family also loves you dearly.

Adieu dearest!

Robina

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It has been a great pleasure knowing you as a person. I hope you have a wonderful life ahead and enjoy it fullest. Hoping to see you some day and thanks for being who you are. Theres always positivity i can see when i meet or talk to you. Love from Nepal. Prerana

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Dear Alice,

It's hard to say goodbye to the person that has been there in both work and social life. You have been a great advisor and counsellor as long as work is concerned. Working with you gives one a certain level of confidence and comfort zone. I really appreciate you so much. As you take this new adventure, know that your path and story in WAGGGS gives me hope and energy to reach greater goals. Will dearly miss you

Lots of love🥰🥰🥰 and hugs

Ackissah💖💖

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Dear Alice, it was wonderful to work with you at WAGGGS and especially to work on Red Pride together. Thank you so much for your support during the project time and your thoughtfulness to continually update me and include me on the project since I have left WAGGGS. I wish you every happiness and good health in your years to come. With love, Lorna tallowin x

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Happy retirement my dear friend. You did so well for girls and young women especially in the Africa Region. Enjoy your much deserved new season. There will be many more wonderful and new things to come your way. You will excel in them all!

All the very best wishes to you & do stay in touch and come visit me in Perth whenever you are in Australia. 🥰

Love - Ching Ching

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Dearest Alice, I had the pleasure and privilege to work with you at WAGGGS and will always remember the precious times we had. I recall the wonderful committee meeting in Zambia, with that amazing opening ceremony where we were entertained, and then reduced to tears by a group of young girls telling us that they wouldn't accept violence in their lives. And I remember how you defended and cared for committee members, and fought with the hotel to have us moved somewhere safer.

The truth is Alice that hundreds of girls and young women in the region have had opportunities to learn and grow, simply because you worked and fought for them to have those opportunities. As professional legacies go I can't think if anything better. So go happily into your retirement with the satisfaction of a job well done. WAGGGS will miss you. The movement has been enriched by your contribution. And I count myself lucky yo have had the privilege and pleasure of working with you.

Love and best wishes

Helen

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Dear Alice,

It has been such a pleasure working with you. Thank you for sharing your wide knowledge, experience and wisdom of the WAGGGS world with us all!

You have made such a big contribution to the Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting Movement as a whole, as well as to countless numbers of girls and young women on an individual level.

Wishing you all the best for your retirement.

Nic

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Dear Alice,

Our journey officially commenced at the Arab/Africa event, a significant milestone that traces back to the early 2000s—perhaps around 2003 or 2004—marking two decades of shared adventures. Over the years, we've traversed training and strategic experiences in Africa, Kenya, and the vast expanse of WAGGGS, encountering the diverse spectrum of experiences it has to offer—the challenging, the uplifting, the creative, the astonishing, the enjoyable, and the poignant. We've embraced everything WAGGGS embodies.

Amidst it all, what resonates most is our shared commitment to extracting the best from challenging situations and maintaining a positive outlook. Our focus remained steadfastly on the girls, striving to create genuine opportunities for growth and empowerment within the Africa region and WAGGGS at large.

I vividly recall your support and the heartfelt hug you bestowed upon me when I assumed the role of the world board chair. Your unwavering belief in me provided the strength to go that extra mile. Alice, your impact has been profound—you've empowered countless leaders in the region, myself included. Your 20-plus years in WAGGGS reflect an incredible support system for all the volunteers dedicated to our mission.

Our paths intertwined in a way that enriched my WAGGGS journey beyond measure. Thank you for your dedication to the young leaders in the region and to all our Member Organizations. As you embark on the next chapter, I'm confident that an exciting adventure awaits you. The conclusion of this journey only signifies the beginning of the next, and I'm certain many friends will accompany you wherever the future leads.

Sending a huge hug and abundant love all the way from Lebanon!
Nadine

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Thank you so much for all your incredible work for girls and young women all over the world but especially in the Africa Region - and for the sustainability of the Movement.

I remember fondly our time together in Kenya in 2019 for the Africa Region leadership facilitators training - what a great team, and what a high quality training we delivered! Truly one of the best during my time at WAGGGS. And participants made it very clear just how much you had personally inspired them to continue their involvement in Guiding, and to support their region further.

I wish you a happy and peaceful retirement - you will be missed at WAGGGS and beyond!

Best wishes,

Elsa xx

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Dear Alice,

It has been an absolute pleasure to meet you, even if only virtually, and I wish you all the best, hoping that one day our paths may cross – perhaps even in real life.

I hope your retirement will be every bit as joyful and enjoyable as you have deserved.

Thank you for all that you have contributed to this wonderful movement of ours, and thank you for all those young people you have helped inspire and develop to carry on the torch.

Warm wishes,

Troels

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I always called you the queen of Africa, besides being queen, you have a very kind heart, very modest and down to earth, I always value you as a helpful colleague and supportive friend, you have been a treasure for WAGGGS, with your dedication and hard work. I love you and would always be greatful for meeting you....we will always be friends....best wishes for your next steps and retirement plans

Chaymaa

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Thinking back to times when we worked together frequently, I think they were some of my happiest memories from WAGGGS! Thank you for all your support and for the laughter along the way! You will be greatly missed, but you leave a huge legacy of impact, and I know that you will still be very much part of the beating heart of WAGGGS Africa Region and a source of inspiration for so many girls and young women. Hope you have a wonderful retirement and lots of special time with your family and friends - Andii

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To Alice, Thank you for all you have done for the Africa Region and girls and young women worldwide. Your contribution has been truly amazing. We can't say thank you enough! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you. All the best in your next adventures, hugs Fiona Bradley

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I am so happy our roads have crossed and I cherish every single moment we spent together. You are a humble, loving and helpful person. You gave so much to WAGGGS and you have inspired so many girls and young women globally. Enjoy your retirement! Love and Hugs from Lebanon:) Emilie

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Wishing you a Happy and Fulfilled Retirement. Thank you for everything you have done for WAGGGS all these times.

Kind regards,

Lucy Tan-atichat

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It’s has been short but amazing and sweet!

Thank you Queen Alice for the sacrifice, time you put on developing WAGGS

I say “Ayekoo” meaning Well done.

Congratulations on a well-served retirement queen Alice.

Wishing you many happy and healthy years ahead

Naomi ( Ghana Girl Guide Association)

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Thank you for all your time, energy and passion over the last 18 years. It is a great pleasure to have worked alongside you, and both see and hear about your impact on those you have worked with.

I hope that the grandchildren make you incredibly tired :-). If I get the chance to come to Kenya I would love to drop by and see you and the farm.

All the best

Guy

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Dear Alice - you really are a superstar within our movement. Everyone knows Alice! The work you have done has impacted so many lives. Not only girls and young women, but also your co-workers and the volunteers you work with. I have always looked to you when I needed advice around your areas of work and you have always been so gracious to help me along. I wish we had more times to meet in person, but I treasure all of our times together whether they were on a zoom screen or in person. I already miss you! Maybe we will run into each other in your retirement (maybe a holiday in a world centre?).

Best wishes for a fabulous next chapter and please do keep in touch.

Sincerely, Tanya (Our Chalet)

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Dear Alice,

I've missed you lots since I left WAGGGS a few months ago! I felt v lucky to work closely with you in our lovely team after having had the chance to see you now and then at events and trainings over the years. I'll always remember your incredible knowledge of the Africa region and your help unlocking some great relationships for FBM with MOs. You always take the time to get to know individuals and understand them, something that I certainly learned so much from. Thanks for the warmth, friendship and fun, and your belief in and support for girls, which I know you'll continue! All the very best for a wonderful retirement!

Jenny G xx

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Thank you very much Alice for all your contributions to the movement. Together with yours years of service we have made huge impact on lives of girls and young women and gained a lot of memories and friends along the way :)

Have a wonderful time during your retirement and I hope you will continue changing the world during this new chapter too!

Yours in Guiding,

Monika Dreik

World Board member

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I don't have enough words to say how much I loved working with you, the best colleague ever, supportive, committed, available, positive funny...for almost 15 years!

Your capacity to build relationships with Mos was amazing and without a doubt your hard work and knowledge of the Mos in Africa Region contributed massively to the massive growth of membership in Africa. With you and our much-missed Marie Paule , we were a winning team. I have so many souvenirs of our chat, laugh with cup of tea from Kenya that you never forgot to bring with powdered milk. I can go on and on!

Thank you for your friendship and love.

I wish you a very happy retirement and I know you will still be busy!!

Much love

Alphonsine

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Dear Alice,

I wanted to take a moment to express my admiration and gratitude for all that you have done during your time at WAGGGS. Your dedication, hard work, and commitment to MOs have been nothing short of inspirational. It's been such a privilege to have worked with you. You are a true role model, demonstrating time and again what it means to be a true leader - someone who leads with grace, diplomacy, and a genuine concern for the well-being of your colleagues, volunteers and members.

As you prepare to retire, please know that your presence will still be felt through your legacy and the stories of all those you have impacted. The Africa Region would have not been the same without your direct and indirect presence throughout these years.

We know that your influence and contributions will continue to be felt by all who have had the pleasure of knowing you. Thank you for your support, and encouragement and for being a friend and mentor to so many of us along the way. You will be greatly missed.

Enjoy this new chapter of your life.

All the best!

Natalia

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It has been an amazing learning experience working with you through my time as Africa Committee and my leadership journey thereafter.

You will be fondly remembered for the continuous invaluable support you offer to both young and older leaders in Nigeria, Africa Region and the world.

Whenever you look at us; the numerous young women you have impacted, we are a reflection of your commitment to WAGGGS- BE PROUD. We love you and wish you all the best in your future endeavors.

Lilian Damie

National Project Commissioner

Nigerian Girl Guides Association

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Wishing you a Happy and Fulfilled Retirement.

Thank you for everything you have done for

WAGGGS throughout your time!

Best wishes, 💐💐❤️

Nadeeka Gunasekara,

Sri Lanka.

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It has been a true honor to work with you and learn from you. Few people have this royal quality, the posture, the calmness to deal with any challenge, the respect that you automatically earn and at the same time a great sense of humor that helps everyone connect!

I will cherish all the moments we spent together, all the laughs and all the adventures!

And I truly hope they will not be the last ones and that our paths will cross again!

You know you are always welcome in Greece!

Keep inspiring those lucky ones that are around you, spent time with your loved ones and never, ever put your bag on the floor!!! hahaha!

Love,

Katerina

PS found this photo of us all wet after the Victoria waterfall! One of the most amazing vacations ever!

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Fare thee well Alice.

We’ll never forget you. Enjoy your retirement to the fullest.

A typical Ghanaian will forever add to your name “OBAAPA”. (Obaapa meaning a great woman!) 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

Juliana Adade

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My dearest Alice,

I have had the true pleasure of meeting you for many years and working together on diverse projects, you have been an incredible inspiration for so many and I have personally learned so much from you!

Thank you for your passion and eagerness to bring more opportunities to girls and strengthen our MOs in the Africa Region and beyond, for your impactful leadership, grace, caring, and joyful spirit, and for the magical moments we spent together, sharing about our families and lives.

Warm wishes for a happy retirement and for the new adventures to come, I hope we will meet again and continue laughing. ...Looking amazing in this photo, as always, at the MO Governance and Girls in the Lead event in Rwanda, in 2017!

With love,

Ana Maria

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Wow, what will WAGGGS do without you?! I can't believe it's been almost a decade since we worked together. Thank you for all your support with the ACTIVATE event in Zambia and for the trip to Victoria Falls after the event. Your guidance, knowledge and enthusiasm were invaluable. All the best, Amy Quinn-Graham

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Dear Alice, words cannot explain how much i do appreciate you and thank you so much for a great support and contribution you put in my growth as a girl guide and global volunteer.

I will treasure your support, love, care and advise you gave with love as a young leader, colleague, friend and daughter.

I wish you a happy retirement and much joy with family.

Hugs

Helga

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It was amazing time meeting you during my first WOCO, your presence and energy really pushed me during the conference and it was really nice knowing you.

Wishing you happy retirement and enjoy your amazing new journey in your life.

Asmaa Farrag

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Dear Alice,

It has been my privilege to have been part of some very amazing moments with you - from the JLS in Kenya to the Fifth World Centre decision to Africa conferences and more.

I learned so much from your wisdom, quiet determination, passion and commitment. Your have truly impacted

My life and the lives of so many.

Wishing you all the very best for the next stage of your journey and I hope we meet again soon in Kenya or Australia.

Thank you

Linden

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Dear Ms Alice,

It's been a pleasure knowing and working with you. Thank you for all you did and how you did it.

You've been too kind and amazing. You are definitely someone I look up to. Do enjoy your retirement, cheers🥂.

Keziah Yusuf,

Nigerian Girl Guides Association

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I really am struggling to imagine a WAGGGS without you working as a colleague! We have had some adventures together haven't we. I've always been so impressed and inspired by how you have built and maintained relationships of respect and support with leaders across the Movement. You have been both a deep well of knowledge and wise head when solutions are needed. Thank you for all the times you supported our MOs to engage with global programmes, when you helped recruit new colleagues and when you've led on programme initiatives (particularly for menstrual hygiene). You have certainly been a treasured honorary member of GPT! I love this photo because it reminds me of the warm welcome you, Marie-Paule, Alphonsine and others gave to me as a new colleague with my baby girls! Now you will have more time to love and care for your family. I'm sure you'll also always care for your Guiding family. I shall miss working with you dear Alice, but trust that we will stay in touch and that our paths will continue to cross. Wishing you all the very best and every blessing, Paul

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Dear Alice,

Congratulations on reaching this incredible milestone—retirement! As you embark on this new and exciting chapter of life, we want to take a moment to celebrate your dedicated years of service.

Your unwavering commitment and hard work have left an indelible mark on our team. Your positive energy, wisdom, and infectious smile have made each day brighter for everyone around you. It's hard to imagine our workplace without your presence, but we're thrilled for you as you enter this well-deserved phase of relaxation and adventure.

May your retirement be filled with the joy of pursuing your passions, exploring new horizons, and cherishing the moments that matter most. You've earned every bit of this time for yourself, and we have no doubt you'll make the most of it.

Thank you, Alice, for your years of dedicated service and the positive impact you've had on all of us but especially the young women in the Africa Region including myself. Your legacy here will be a source of inspiration for years to come.

Wishing you a retirement filled with laughter, love, and all the happiness in the world.

Warmest regards and see you soon in Kenya,

Rita Kihembo(Uganda)

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Dearest Alice

It's 10 years this week since we first met at Pax Lodge and I've been inspired ever since by all you've given to WAGGGS - Africa and the rest of the world have benefitted from your experience and you will be missed! Wishing you all the best for whatever adventures are ahead for you and keep in touch!

Mel F xxx

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I have many happy memories of working alongside you Alice as we shared in the work of WAGGGS. You contributed so much and with such grace. Wishing you all the best in your retirement. Love Sangam Sally xx

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Wishing you nothing but the best on your next chapter of life. You've stoned a remarkable journey for many young leaders in WAGGGS, may all your good deeds be blessed with lots of luck and well wishes..

All the best,

KARLING, MALAYSIA

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Though I haven't worked with you but you are really sources of inspiration and role model to many more girls and young women. Your hard work and dedication has encouraged them as well.

Best wishes for your upcoming day and looking forward to meet you in some guding events.

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I have fond memories of our time together supporting the World Centres - a place both of us hold dear. As you say goodbye to WAGGGS, I am sure that this is not an ending but a new beginning with many adventures to come. All the very best and much love to you.

Amila

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I'm honored to have known you, proud to get to be your sister in girl guiding and very grateful for your efforts for girls and young women globally, and in Africa. Breathtaking dedication 💗 However, I mostly will remember you for the journey you so gracefully offered me with your family. I will carry those moments, and those people with me 🕯️🕯️. I wish you a happy retirement! Lots of love from Finland. *Heidi

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Congratulations on entering a new stage of your life.

Thank you for doing a lot for everyone before.

Millie from GST

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Farewell my mentor,

Being mentored by you has been a great pleasure. You are a great beacon of knowledge, wisdom, intelligence and skills. If there were many people like you, for sure the world, would have been a better place. I am personally, who I am today because of your efforts as a leader.

Thank you for the knowledge and skill you have given me and will continue to give from a distance. Thank you for preparing young leaders like me for the world of tomorrow.

Congratulations on your retirement! Thank you for all your years of selfless service to our organisation WAGGGS and for leading by example. May you continue to find success wherever you may be.

Goodbye my great mentor.

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Lucy Nkhoma

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Have a happy retirement adventure.. Darshana India. 💐🎁🎉❣️

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Alice, what can I say?! Your warmth, care and passion for guiding has shone through in every interaction we’ve had since I joined the World Board.  One of the  huge privileges I’ve had as a World Board member was reading the nominations for your WAGGGS Medal of Service and I was honoured to announce your award a few years ago in front of so many of your colleagues. You are a treasure!  You have truly made an immeasurable contribution to WAGGGS, to Africa Region but most importantly to so many girls and young women - many of whom I’ve had the pleasure of knowing and all of whom speak so gratefully of your support, inspiration and mentorship. Thank you Alice for everything you’ve done for WAGGGS and please stay in touch - you are a shining star 🌟 of the Movement. Enjoy your retirement and I hope we may have the chance to meet in London or in Kenya sometime! Jess x

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Dearest Alice!

I wish I had the opportunity to meet you in person, but that hasn't happened. Blame it on the pandemic! Please come to Malaysia and I will also aim to be in Kenya one day. Or we might meet elsewhere at a WAGGGS event you may attend as a volunteer. I wish you a happy retirement, to be filled with all the things that you have dreamt of doing and going to places where you have dreamt of going! Thanks for all that you have done over the years! Take care Alice, much love, Chempaka.

p/s I don't know how to add photos or images here

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Dear Alice,

Though I've known you for a short time, you have been a source of encouragement, support and inspiration. Thanks for believing in me.

As you start a new chapter of your life, may God bless all your future endeavours. I know you will continue to impact lives.

Love you

Deroe/LGGA

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Happy Retirement Alice! Whilst I have personally not had the opportunity to work together closely with you, I have definitely seen the impact of your time with WAGGGS. From when I joined WAGGGS I would hear people talking about Alice and saying she is the one to talk to about many things as she knows the Movement so well and is very experienced. Thank you for everything and all the best for the future. Magdalene xx

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Happy Retirement Alice! Whilst I have personally not had the opportunity to work together closely with you, I have definitely seen the impact of your time with WAGGGS. From when I joined WAGGGS I would hear people talking about Alice and saying she is the one to talk to about many things as she knows the Movement so well and is very experienced. Thank you for everything and all the best for the future. Magdalene xx

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Your retirement from WAGGGS is the end of an amazing era of dedication, love of the job and the desire to delivery quality in every given opportunity. Your journey with WAGGGS started in 1995, taking on different roles within the Africa Region and at World level. In Africa you have an unforgettable connection with and among the English speaking countries. You trained leaders and most importantly you gave young women the opportunity to take on leadership roles.

I had many opportunities of working with you Alice and I found in you a woman of integrity, someone committed to her work and to do things in the right way. You have always been a people’s person with amazing interpersonal skills. You managed to make each person, each leader and each Association feel important and respected. You did it in your own way, the Alice way, full of grace and humour. You are grounded and true to yourself and your values.

WAGGGS allowed you to grow and you took the opportunity to soar like an eagle and now you can fly to higher places. You are leaving an unforgettable legacy in the Africa Region and the world will always remember your amazing work in Africa. I shall always remember your kindness and love of fun yet maintaining your dignity. You did everything the Alice way, calm and collected!!

Thank you for all your hard work and being such a wonderful role model. Thank for the warm hospitality you gave us each time we were in Kenya. The wedding of your son was a very special occasion which I was privileged to attend. I always remember this with fond memories, thank you for inviting us.

I wish you the very best and success in this new phase of life. I know you will use the valuable experience your gained in WAGGGS in both your personal and public life. New experiences await you, take them and flourish.

Sending you lots of love and God’s blessings Alice.

Lydia Mutare

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I would like to take this opportunity to express, on behalf of Association des Guides du Bénin and on a personal note, all my gratitude for so many years of service with WAGGGS Member Organizations. You have always been this committed, formal woman and always ready to give the best of herself to see us grow. It has been a great pleasure interacting with you. Thank you very much for your constant support and all the words of encouragement I personally received. I wish you a happy, peaceful and fruitful retirement by the grace of God.
Stay blessed!!!
Much love, bisous!

Rama ADJOVI
Bénin

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Dear QUEEN Alice,

Guess what? The time has come for you to trade in your work desk for a hammock or maybe just a cozy spot on the couch. I can't let you go without a proper shoutout for being the absolute rockstar that you are!

You've brought so much life and fun to WAGGGS and Africa region. Your impact is immeasurable and will be unforgettable.

It was a pleasure to work with you and to cross paths with the Queen! always a smile on the face, a calm tone, wise words empathy.

Cheers to the next chapter, full of relaxation, joy, and whatever makes your heart sing!

Party on, retiree extraordinaire!

WE WILL MISS YOU!!

Naouel 🎉

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Though we did not get the chance to work closely a lot, I still remember your valuable presence and contribution to all the meetings we have attended together! First impression about you as a strong and impactful woman remains the same after getting to know you and hear about your great work from everyone. I wish you a wonderful and peaceful life :)

Ghadie

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A photo with Alice at the predatory course for YESS participants at Speak resort Munyonyo- Ugandan in January 2023.

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HAPPIEST RETIREMENT DARLING FRIEND ALICE. 😘 

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HAPPIEST RETIREMENT DARLING FRIEND ALICE. 😘 

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Alice, you have been such a wonderful friend to me and to UGGA. I can't imagine time has run as much as this to witnes your retirement!!

It's time to celebrate your tireless efforts and commitment to the cause of the Girl child.

Alice, you know nothing about how much you have transformed my life into a better leader!

Your words of encouragement, love, comfort and peace have been inspirational to my heart and turned me into a resilient personality which has enabled me to thrive amidst all challenges.

You are such a wonderful person who is open minded, loving, welcoming, comforting, straight and kind.

You are a person of high class, you like good things, you dress so smartly, and you love shopping good things.

I just love your ways. you are my role model.

You have loved UGGA so much as your own. Your heart has always been for Uganda Girl Guides Association. We are indeed proud of you and we will forever live to proclaim your good deeds.

May the good Lord bless you, protect you and preserve you 🙏 for the good cause of His glory on this land of the living 🙏.

Happy retirement Alice.

Yours sincerely

Susan Namarome

Chief commissioner- UGGA

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From the very first statement you made on the first day we met, it was obvious that you were ready to guide young women to become very instrumental in activities of WAGGGS.

I am vey proud of the friendship and sisterhood we have shared and the learnings I have gained from you from different avenues in WAGGGS.

You have been a true Gem to WAGGGS and all MOs especially in the Africa region who have worked with you have been beneficiaries of your amazing traits.

I applaud you for your patience to teach others, for your candour with us, young women and your ability to create avenues for us to shine. You will be missed at so many levels. Ayekoo on all your achievements. We are proud !!!!

With so much love xoxo Scotia

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I am proud of you! For sticking diligently and passionately to your role of championing girls and young women. I am grateful that I've got to meet with you, grow under your wings, and influence until today.

Thank you for believing in me, pushing me, and being my mentor and friend in my personal development journey. I will always remember your smile, your words of wisdom, your kindness and how you make people feel when you enter the room. We, the young women whom you raised will forever honour you and carry your legacy.

I hope you will take some time to enjoy retirement and spend much more time with your family. Whenever I travel to Kenya, I will holla at you, Alice.

I love you and will miss you dearly.

Passy

xoxo

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Dear Alice,

Happy retirement!!!

Thank you for all the positive impacts you made in the movement, you are an amazing Senior colleague, mentor, sister and friend!

i wish you all the best in your future endeavours

You will be missed but we are confident you are just a DM away when I wanna reach out.

Y

With so much love

Iyanu

Nigeria

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Hello Alice,

We will never be able to Thank you enough for all the years, the time and dedication that you have given to the Girl Guide movement.

You have been a pillar for the movement and your contribution to the Africa Region is noteworthy.

Your legacy will live on! We wish you Blessings and a well deserved and happy retirement.

With Love,

Jayne Wachira

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Words are not enough to express what you have done for the development of guiding, in the world and mainly in Africa. You have impacted the life of many and many young women and women in Africa. It was a priviledge to work with you whithin the Africa Committee, and even after, it is always a joy to receive your messages, to continue to exchange with you on strategies to expand and strengthen guiding, to the promotion of youth involvement, and to see you when passing through Kenya or at Wagggs events ! Thank you for your love and your care, thank you for being so supportive, thank you for the all the tea time we’ve shared in different places (sweet memories ! ),

It is just an « aurevoir » message, whishing you a Happy Retirement, and see you in Kenya or Madagascar !

Love from Madagascar

Helinoro

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Hi Alice!! Omg, I can't believe you are retiring already - for me, you still have the looks and energy of a young person!! I'm sure the WAGGGS family will miss your presence and service, but I know you will volunteer at some point so they will see you again hehe. Thank you for all the work you have done for the Movement. And enjoy your well deserved retirement!!

Hugs,

Miguel (former M&E person at WAGGGS!) x

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Dearest Alice,

I am writing this message with a big smile and a heart so filled with emotion as I think of my journey with you.

You are an amazing and brilliant woman with a heart of gold. Thank you for first of all believing and supporting me as a young leader walking her leadership journey- you did a lot made some near impossible things happen in essence you took a chance on me and I hope you feel it was a great choice.

Your mentorship and guiding hand has helped me traverse leadership well even in the most unusual and unprecedented times. You are one of my cherished champions. From you I have learnt to settle for nothing short of the best, to go after what I want, to be a good as well as balanced leader, to work hard and look good while doing it : ).

We meet to part and part to meet. At WAGGGS it is farewell but elsewhere see you soon sweet sweet Alice.

All my love

Lulu

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During MHM training in Ivory Coast in 2023

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Dear Alice,

I don't have a photo with you yet, so I'm using this photo of me at an MHM training in Côte d'Ivoire this year in 2023.

Thank you again for all the extraordinary work you do for girls, young women and women all over the world and particularly in the African region. You are a role model for us all!

Thank you for your support and advice during my work at WAGGGS and in my role as IC!

May God give you the strength and health to live out your retirement in the best possible conditions! I would like to visit you in Kenya and have a photo of the two of us.

We love you Alice and you will always be in our hearts.

Merci du fond du coeur.

Sarah

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Dear Alice,

I can't believe you reached the age of retirement, time flies indeed. The few years we worked together have been a blessing and I fondly remember our trip to Tanzania where we climbed a wall like true ninjas.

May your next chapter in life be full of joy, love, good health and many more adventures.

Big hug from Spain

Your mzungu friend

Griet

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Farewell to you .we enjoyed your company mrs Alice.

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Farewell to you .we enjoyed your company mrs Alice.

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Wishing you happy retirement and all the best for what you are going to do next in all aspects of your life. You deserve nothing but the very best <3

Thank you for being such an inspiration and a value that we look up to. Thank for all the warm welcomes in everything and everywhere.

You still have this young friend looking up to you that you can text anytime. Warm welcome in Madagascar whenever you wanna come and looking forward to welcoming you in Sangam soon as well.

Cheers to everything that you have given to the movement! Cheers to all the little girls that you have impacted! Cheers to you because you are a REAL LEGEND!!

See you in Kenya or somewhere else very soon.

With lots of love <3

Narindra A.