Making sure every girl’s right is given
By Anke Adams
“I used to depend on my primary teachers. I would say, ‘Today we don’t have anything to eat,’” explains Sharifa. Orphaned at a young age, Sharifa and her disabled sibling were left in the care of their grandmother in rural Tanzania. Unless money arrived from the extended family, they would go hungry, and Sharifa relied on her teachers for food.
Nevertheless, she passed her primary school exams, and was offered a place at secondary school. “I just need a skirt, shirt and shoes, and then I’ll figure out how to go to school,” she told her grandmother, who replied, “If food is a problem, how can I afford education?” Remaining at home while her friends went to school, Sharifa’s yearning for education grew…
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