THE TEAM
Maka Chikowero
Founder & President
Maka Chikowero is a sophomore at Madison West High School in Madison, WI. She is a student, athlete, Founder and President of MTC Educate a Girl Inc and President of Rozaria Memorial Trust Girls Clubs in North America. Maka is an advocate for women and girls and is especially passionate about their participation in education and sports. Maka has a deep interest in uplifting rural girls who have little to no financial support, many of whom drop out of school at a young age. It is for this reason that Maka is excited to be leading MTC Educate A Girl Inc as she believes that girls from poor rural backgrounds have a contribution to make to this world given a level playing field, starting with access to education and participation in sport. Since 2015, Maka has led a team of young advocates under the RMT Girls Clubs banner to the United Nations Commission on Status of Women-Youth Dialogue where they become the voice of other young people who cannot be at this platform. Maka’s previous work has been recognized by Madison Metropolitan School District in 2015 for a school-based research project whose results showed bias against female Lego figures, a Young Humanitarian Award by Rozaria Memorial Trust (Zimbabwe) in 2018 and with a Trailblazer Award by Madison-based Africaide in 2018. Maka is a keen soccer player for her high school and competitive swimmer for her high school, YDC United Swim Club and Shorewood Swim Club in Madison. As an athlete, Maka has also received various recognitions from her coaches, teammates and tournament organizers. Maka’s favorite quote is, “The future is female, and the future is young so adults should know that our voices should not be taken away by reason of poverty or age. Young people can lead now!”