Humaira Bachal knows firsthand how lack of education hurts her - TopicsExpress



          

Humaira Bachal knows firsthand how lack of education hurts her community. She had a cousin who died because his mother couldn’t read the expiry date on a bottle of medicine. She knows women in her neighbourhood who died giving birth at home because their families didn’t know to send them to the hospital. “These things are breaking my heart and every time I am raising the question `why are people doing this?’” said the 26-year-old Bachal. “Maybe when my people are educated these problems would be reduced.” So at the age of 13, she began teaching other girls what she learned in school. Those classes at home between friends grew into her life’s work – bringing education to children in Muwach Goth...
Posted on: Fri, 07 Mar 2014 09:29:24 +0000

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