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In South Africa, death in family puts high schooler at the helm

June 19, 2013
Development & Education

In the middle of midterms at South Africa's Centre of Science and Technology high school, one of the students lost his mom — who succumbed to illness. Now the teenager, Sive, is the man of the house and must balance those responsibilities with coursework, homework, being a student and, hopefully, charting a future for himself.

In South Africa, death in family puts high schooler at the helm

Man of the House: A Tale of Growing Up Fast

June 17, 2013
Development & Education
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