African Voices Must Be Heard!!

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ACCT NAME: ASSOCIATION OF YOUTH EMPOWERMENT INITIATIVE

ACCT NUMBER: 2079332419

BANK: UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA

Only 57% of African children are enrolled in primary education, and one in three of those children do not complete school. Children need a fair start, a chance to thrive, learn and experience a better life.

In my advocacy for every child to get into school and learning, I met a young marginalized girl today who shared her story with me on why she is not in school and her desire to be educated.

“Africa’s young voices must not be ignored, they must be heard”.

Ubaida Suleiman

16 years old Ubaida Suleiman, is from Zaria in Kaduna State, Nigeria. She has never attended primary school due to financial challenges.

She has passion to get into school and learn like every other child who is in school and educated, but no opportunities have come her way. She is from a poor background and her parents can’t afford to send her and my siblings to school.

She believes the future is bright and hopeful that one day she will become a medical doctor when she finally obtain an education. She needs your financial support to aid her, and her siblings to get into school in September, 2015.

AWAS Global Youth Ambassador and Ubaida Suleiman with her siblings

She and her siblings are #UpForSchool with the millions of children who are out of school in Nigeria and globally.

Thank you!

Joy Tiku Enighe

A World at School Global Youth Ambassador