Digging Deeper: Meet Esther in Uganda

Girls in crisis settings are 2.5 times more likely to be out of primary school and 90 percent more likely to be out of secondary school than those living in countries where there is no crisis. Meet Esther, a student living in a refugee settlement in Uganda, who is planting seeds of change and making education more accessible for students at her school.
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Committed to breaking the cycle of poverty, AKFC is an international development organization and registered Canadian charity. Since 1980, we have improved millions of lives in Africa and Asia, working in partnership with the Government of Canada and diverse Canadian institutions and individuals. AKFC is part of the global Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), a family of development agencies with individual mandates that address the social, economic, and cultural dimensions of development.