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These two teens from Senegal are fighting for girls’ education!<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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“In the world today, if you don’t study, you will lose out. I want to study until I achieve something.”<\/em> — Safi<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Safi and Dieynabah, 18, are trailblazers. They have fought hard to stay in school and get a good education.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It hasn’t been easy. They were both under pressure to get married — but refused — and persuaded their parents to let them stay in school. That alone is a huge achievement, but it doesn’t stop there.<\/p>\n

Because they are girls, every day they have to fetch water, prepare food, sweep the house and wash the dishes.  When they are finally free to go, it’s a two-hour walk to school, so most days they miss some classes.<\/p>\n

Safi wants to be a teacher, and Dieynabah a doctor – jobs that give back to their community. They are role models for other girls, as well as the generation that could end extreme poverty across Africa.<\/p>\n

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“130 million girls don’t go to school — that really hurts me in my heart. I would give every girl an education, so that they have the chance to become a doctor or a teacher or a midwife.”<\/em> — Dieynabah<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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These two teens from Senegal are fighting for girls’ education! “In the world today, if you don’t study, you will lose out. I want to study until I achieve something.” — Safi Safi and Dieynabah, 18, are trailblazers. They have fought hard to stay in school and get a good education. It hasn’t been easy. 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