14 stories about how education shapes lives

View a slideshow with stories from young people in GPE partner countries on how education gave them the opportunity to live a better life.

August 03, 2017 by GPE Secretariat
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14 stories about how education shapes lives
"Getting an education saved me from a life on the streets."

Gilles Yakam
23 years old, Cameroon

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"I know that education is going to make me a better person and will make my future brighter."

Valentine Maswache
24 years old, Kenya

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"My brothers can’t afford to buy food. I am struggling to become educated so I can help my family. I have realized that it is only education that can change things for me."

Harrison Nyamawi
19 years old, Kenya

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"No matter what you want to do, just make sure you go to school. It will really help change your life."

Tukuwei
25 years old, Nigeria

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"The only role models to inspire me were my teachers because I had no one else to look up to."

Aishetu Mahmoudu Hama
23 years old, Niger

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"Education is important because it will help you free yourself and your mind in the globalized world we live in today."

Jamal Jumaa Mwalimu
27 years old, Tanzania

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"Everything I am today is because of my education."

Aicha Macky
35 years old, Niger

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"I was raised in a slum area. Most of the youth in a slum area are engaged in drugs. I think, if I didn't get education, if I didn't work hard, trust me, I could be that guy."

Michael Wanjala
24 years old, Kenya

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"Education is light and education is power."

Robert Manyala
24 years old, Kenya

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"I will tell my daughter: Do whatever you want to do, but make sure you do it well."

Rashida Ibrahim
28 years old, Niger

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"Thanks to education, I can earn my living today."

Wilfred Mangom
22 years old, Cameroon

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"I’m so glad I have an education. Everyone should have an education."

Edison Obodo
28 years old, Nigeria

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"Education is the best legacy."

Adedeji Edun
23 years old, Nigeria

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"Thanks to the trainings I attended throughout my secondary school, I acquired skills that have made me more mature and empowered to make my own decisions."

Bibisharifa Talbizoda
18 years old, Tajikistan

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Sub-Saharan Africa: Cameroon, Kenya, Niger, Nigeria, Tanzania

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