Blog #4 "Orphaned girl starts university in Zimbabwe at 14"

According to CNN, A 14 year old young girl named Maud Chifamba from Chegutu, central Zimbabwe, has forever broken her chains of poverty through education. This teenager has not only broken the chains but she has written history after becoming the youngest student at The University Zimbabwe. In addition, according to education officials she also took part in making history for the whole of southern Africa. Maud plans on attaining a Bachelor of Accountancy Honors Degree at the country's oldest and most esteemed educational institution. According to the article it was her intellectual ability and hard work has earned her a four-year scholarship of nearly $10,000 after she excelled at last year's Advanced Level exams.

Maud was born into poverty she lost her father at the age of five, and her mother just last year. Left to be raised by two brothers, Maud had to settle with dropping out of school, due to her brothers being unable to financial support her studies. This resulted in Maud taking it upon herself to strive for success through her education. She studied night and day for hours on end. Her hunger for that education was indescribable. Maud did not let the chains of poverty bind her. She was aware at such a young age that if she did not better and equip herself with the necessary education, she will never break the chains.

Maud not defied adversity and hardship to break academic records, but she has set examples for other African children who believe they have to suffer forever. She has set the bar so high that it will forever inspire and challenge others to do the same. Poverty has been created economic and social systems that we live in. We have set boundaries that enable the poor to unbind themselves from the poverty chains. According to our Global Problems, many countries are still struggling to get all their children into school. Many who begin primary school do make it to the secondary level. Many cannot afford to pay for school fees in parts of Africa, the Middle East, and South and Central Asia, girls are still less likely to have access to education, especially secondary education. Nevertheless, in Zimbabwe you find a girl who proves that all that can be proven wrong. That type of determination is what is needed in many other children trapped in the poverty lifestyle.  

http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/18/world/africa/maud-chifamba-university-zimbabwe/index.html?iref=allsearch