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GIRLS GOTTA RUN COFFEE // We’re proud to be the @allegrocoffee Making Coffee Matter grant recipient, partnering to release this special edition Ethiopian coffee that gives back to GGRF. For a limited time, you can pick up the Girls Gotta Run coffee in @wholefoods stores nationwide! Celebrate Women’s History Month with a coffee that invests in extraordinary girls and women. Happy sipping! ☕️ Video & design by @allegrocoffee (at Whole Foods Market) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9UoBDPnHcl/?igshid=1vd3f0hlye117

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THE BEKOJI 100 FILM PREMIERE // We’re proud to premiere the Bekoji 100 film at the No Man’s Land Flagship Film Festival over International Women’s Day weekend, March 5-8th. Thank you to everyone who made the Bekoji 100 relay and film possible! The Bekoji 100 short film explores the stories of Desta and Zabu, two GGRF Athletic Scholars in Bekoji. As they embark on completing the first-ever 100 mile, ultra relay race across Ethiopia alongside international runners and their GGRF teammates, they share their athletic ambitions and the trials they face as young women. Join GGRF for The Bekoji 100 film premiere and celebrations at the @nomanslandfilmfestival in Denver, Colorado: ‪+ Friday, March 6th, 7:30PM: Bekoji 100 Film Premiere‬ ‪+ Saturday, March 7th, 9:45AM-11:30AM: Run, panel discussion, and celebration of International Women's Day with GGRF and @allegrocoffee‬ ‪+ Saturday, March 7th, 3:10 - 3:40PM: Presentation and Q&A with Julia Hanlon and Kayla Nolan Get more information on the GGRF events happening over the International Women's Day weekend and learn about upcoming screenings in cities near you on the GGRF Bekoji 100 Film page: https://www.girlsgottarun.org/bekoiji100film (at Denver, Colorado) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9SqTV7n8oH/?igshid=qz77h5v1anpm

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THIS ONE’S FOR YOU // In her first marathon EVER, Molly Seidel places second in the Olympic Marathon Qualifying Trials in 2:27:31, making the USA 2020 Olympic team!! Molly is an advocate for GGRF and she’s got a message for the GGRF Bekoji team post trials. We couldn’t be more proud of all she’s overcome and accomplished! Molly has run in the GGRF #Bekoji100 Relay, organized a 5K for our International Day of the Girl Global 5K campaign, trained and volunteered in Ethiopia with our Bekoji team in November, and grabbed a bag of our @allegrocoffee Girls Gotta Run coffee launching next week in Whole Foods stores nationwide for her marathon debut. Thank you Molly for all you do to inspire and uplift girls and women in Bekoji with GGRF and globally. We can’t wait to cheer you on at the Olympics! Video by @firstrun #olympictrials #atlanta2020 #trialsbyfire #olympics2020 #bekoji #marathon (at Centennial Olympic Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9KlmUbH9ub/?igshid=1lu3esh0cz1ia

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#TBT to the 2019 #Bekoji100 Relay, Ethiopia’s first ultra relay for and by girls. 48 runners, 100 miles, one day. Special announcement coming tomorrow. Stay tuned 👀 (at Bale Mountains National Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9FcBOwnWGe/?igshid=1x0ksfqknvsy9

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Home Visits // As part of the GGRF Athletic Scholarship Program, our staff visits the homes of Scholars and their families each year. We discuss the program and what to expect in the coming year with GGRF. We also go over any unique challenges and opportunities the family may face and how we can work together to make the most of the program. Most importantly, we break bread, have coffee, and celebrate future possibilities. 💫 (at Bek'Oji, Arsi, Ethiopia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8_9PklHJUT/?igshid=upjk0v8posv1

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Educating women saves lives. The @worldbank found that universal secondary education for girls could virtually eliminate child marriage and as a result substantially reduce the risk of early childbearing and maternal mortality for women. ONE extra year of girls’ education can reduce infant mortality by 5-10%. One year can make all the difference. Learn more about the lasting impact you can have in the lives of the girls and women in just one year with GGRF. Link in bio. 📸: @collinhughes (at Bek'Oji, Arsi, Ethiopia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B896uOPHiBX/?igshid=29p3b9gqzkqt

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Weekend Mode: When you finish your workout and your school work and your chores and you get to spend time with your friends turned family 💛 📸: @collinhughes (at Bek'Oji, Arsi, Ethiopia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B816O4BnKro/?igshid=tnesh1s2e7gb

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Lacing up for track practice. The humble dirt track in Bekoji has proven to be fertile ground for Olympic hopefuls. Athletes from Bekoji have won 16 Olympic medals over the past 20 years. To put this in context, this small town of 30,000 people has won more gold medals than India has won in all Summer Olympic events combined. Planting seeds for future success. 🌱 (at Bek'Oji, Arsi, Ethiopia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8zDMlpH_tk/?igshid=1h7hxoi547ubh

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The road home. GGRF Athletic Scholar Fatima takes a horse carriage on her way home after buying goods at the Bekoji market. 📸: @collinhughes (at Bek'Oji, Arsi, Ethiopia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8wbmLtnc4V/?igshid=5jp5nmiwbe5w

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Every additional year of school a girl completed increases her future earnings by 10-20%. Thats a smart investment💡Thank you for ensuring that the GGRF Athletic Scholars are able to attend and thrive in school this year in Ethiopia. 📸: @collinhughes (at Bek'Oji, Arsi, Ethiopia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8t54IhnAbA/?igshid=i16gatf8po7t

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GGRF Coach Fatia leads the team warm up drills in Bekoji. Fatia is Bekoji’s first female coach. Throughout her career, she has helped to lead the way for greater involvement of female leaders in Bekoji’s prestigious running legacy. 📸: @notafraid2fail (at Bek'Oji, Arsi, Ethiopia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8rWxBanlUy/?igshid=1ci4yxyn5ojwp

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Happy Valentine’s Day from all of us at GGRF! Your love for making the world a better place inspires us every day. There’s no us without you ❤️ (at Bek'Oji, Arsi, Ethiopia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8jos99ncth/?igshid=y337hnk9qc1x

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Market day in Bekoji is off to a good start. The GGRF Athletic Scholars help their moms sell grains, vegetables, homemade baskets, and spices each week at the market. GGRF established the Savings and Entrepreneurship component of our program to provide mothers with business training and a weekly savings group to increase access to financial resources like micro loans and emergency funds. (at Bek'Oji, Arsi, Ethiopia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8hCKHyHHoF/?igshid=nexa3dl2fjas

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GGRF Athletic Scholars warm up for practice at the track. Intervals and mobility exercises up next. (at Bek'Oji, Arsi, Ethiopia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8eey-tHnwf/?igshid=5pbe1as7huml

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Early Risers // Quiet mornings in Bekoji rising with the sun. Making our way through empty market stalls and quiet dirt roads on our way to the track. (at Bek'Oji, Arsi, Ethiopia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8RedOhnPb9/?igshid=duqggup491t9

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SMALL BUT MIGHTY. Investing in change, one girl at a time. (at Bek'Oji, Arsi, Ethiopia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8PVvWcHUOv/?igshid=16847jux9rwiq

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Celebrating National Girls and Women in Sports Day today and all days. Sport is a key to unlocking community, access to resources, mentorship, embodied power, role models, economic resources, independence, equality, and self actualization. 🔑 It’s always been about more than running at GGRF. With every step we take towards fulfilling our potential, we blaze a path for the next generation of girls and women to reach higher. #KEEPGOING #KEEPPUSHING #NGWSD (at Bek'Oji, Arsi, Ethiopia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8MfBfnHZMB/?igshid=1wta9t4awcg15