Eliya, DR Congo

Eliya, DR Congo

Eliya and her three sisters lost their parents at a young age. Their grandmother took them in and raised them, but she didn’t see the value of education for girls and so the sisters took care of housework and jobs on the family farm. Eliya was married at 13, and...
Lena, Dr Congo

Lena, Dr Congo

Lena is a married mother of seven, and finds it hard to afford to keep her children in school. Before joining her literacy programme, she struggled with the basics. “I would pick papers from the floor without being able to read what was written on them.” Yet last...
Lucia, Dr Congo

Lucia, Dr Congo

Lucia is a single mother of five children between 5 and 17. Last year, she joined a literacy group supported by Five Talents. “I never learnt to read or write,” Lucia explains. “My parents did not believe in educating girls. We were kept at home to bring a dowry to...