Going to school on an empty stomach

Thirteen-year-old Abit from Zimbabwe is determined to finish her education and become a doctor, but the daily struggle to afford enough to eat is holding her back.

Since her parents died, 13-year-old Abit has lived with her sister Naomi, 18, who works at a local bar. Naomi’s earnings of five dollars per month are barely enough to support herself, let alone her younger sister.

“I always sleep in class and teachers punish me because I often come to school with an empty tummy,” says Abit, who goes to school in Chiredzi, a village in south east Zimbabwe.

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