fredag den 19. juli 2013

Dreaming big in Ethiopia: Meet 9-year-old Bezawit


Every child should have the right to dream, like 9-year-old Bezawit. She dreams of going to school and attending class with students every day. But Bezawit learned early that not all dreams are meant to come true.

When Plan’s field workers met Bezawit, she was living in a slum on the edge of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. She lived there in a tiny shack with her mother and two sisters. Inside her home, there was no running water or furniture, just cardboard strewn across the dirt floor.

Much worse, there wasn’t a single flushing toilet in her entire community. As a result, disease was widespread and poor health all too common.

Læs mere her!

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