Education

East Timor aims to send teen mums back to school

Friday, April 16th, 2010

DILI, April 16 (AFP) – When Graziela Sarmento was 16, she got pregnant, dropped out of school, left her parents behind in the countryside and went to live with her aunt and uncle in Dili, East Timor’s capital.
Three years later her life revolves around Bruno, her son, with her dreams of an education dashed and [...]

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A Commitment to Education

Thursday, April 1st, 2010

Education Living A Commitment to Education PDF

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