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Once a refugee, she’s opened one of Liberia’s few bookstores, where children can read about themselves
It’s hard to learn to read when your country has been torn apart by war and disease. It’s even harder when children’s books come from far away. But Wayétu Moore, whose family fled Liberia’s civil war when she was five, is setting out to change the odds for kids in Liberia and other countries with low literacy.
Despite protests, Ontario is going forward with a newer, more modern sex ed curriculum. These girls helped make it happen.
There’s a battle afoot over sex education in the Canadian province of Ontario. The government says it’s overhauling its sex ed curriculum — which it hasn’t done since 1998 — to prepare kids for issues like tolerance, consent, and so many things they might encounter on the Internet. Some parents say they’ll pull their children out of class rather than expose them to what they call harmful material. But two teen activists are not only welcoming the changes: they helped make them.
Nun vs Warlord: the secret weapon is love (and sewing)
Decades of conflict in northern Uganda ended up traumatizing thousands of girls. Sister Rosemary Nyirumbe has been taking them in and teaching them new skills: how to sew and make crafts to support their families. But beyond that, Sister Rosemary wants them to learn self-respect. In return, she says, she’s learned from them how to forgive.