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Ghana

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092205Bolga8MG 2005 Michelle Gabel Photo When it was time for Hamdiatu Mohammed to go to high school, her mother sold three cows for $45 and sent her stepson to school. She began arranging to marry Hamdiatu for a bride price paid in cattle, but her elder sister intervened. She contacted Censudi, a local group helping girls pay for school with help from Syracuse.
092205Bolga10AMG 2005 Michelle Gabel Photo When Hamdiatu Mohammed was a baby, she suffered convulsions. Her parents believed a traditional healer could cure her by cutting her face. She recovered, but hates the one-inch scar that was left. If my parents had attended higher education, they would have gone to the hospital or they would send me for immunizations, she said. She is shown with her four-month-old niece Zena, whose face is already scarred by traditional healing.
092205Kofi3MG 2005 Michelle Gabel Photo In 1995 at age 16 while a secondary school student in Worawora, Kofi Addai won the annual U.S. green card lottery. He went to New York City to attend high school and then received a scholarship to LeMoyne College and graduated in 2004. During his August trip to his hometown, he visited his former secondary school and met addressed about 300 students. The boys above stay in a large dormitory room.

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