She Was Too Poor To Stay In School. Now She's An Inspiration To Rihanna
Before she was on the BBC's list of "100 inspirational and innovative women for 2017"...
Before she was given the "Diamond Ball Honors Award" by the charitable Clara Lionel Foundation started by the singing star Rihanna ...
She was Angeline Murimirwa, a little girl in Zimbabwe who loved school but was afraid she wouldn't get to continue her education.
The problem was not her grades. It was money. Her parents worked odd jobs to support the family. And sometimes there wasn't enough cash for school fees.
Now 38, Murimirwa did manage to complete her schooling and has gone on to become the executive director, (which stands for the Campaign for Female Education). It's the charity that gave her a scholarship to stay in school and itcurrently supports nearly half a million secondary school students in Ghana, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. She's also the mother of four and in an ironic twist still a few credits shy of her university degree (she laughs about her procrastination at completing the final bits of coursework).
