From the Foothills of Mount Kilimanjaro, Magnolia Athletics Camp Is Helping Girls Stay in School, Pursue Athletics and Escape the Pressures of Harmful Traditional Practices By Robert Kibet Copyright © 2026 IPS-Inter Press Service. All rights reserved. -

https://www.ipsnews.net/2026/07/from-the-foothills-of-mount-kilimanjaro-magnolia-athletics-camp-is-helping-girls-stay-in-school-pursue-athletics-and-escape-the-pressures-of-harmful-traditional-practices/ OLOITOKTOK, Kenya, Jul 30 2026 (IPS) - Before sunrise each morning, 19-year-old Josephine Sembeyo joins dozens of teenage runners leaving Magnolia Athletics Camp for training beneath the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro. The quiet morning air is broken only by the rhythm of footsteps along the dusty roads that have shaped generations of Kenyan distance runners. Copyright © 2026 IPS-Inter Press Service. All rights reserved. -