Beatrice Spadacini
Beatrice M. Spadacini is a writer and photographer based in Kenya where she works as Media and Communications Manager for the aid agency CARE International. She has previously worked for Amnesty International, the International Youth Foundation and the Italian Association of Women in Development. Beatrice has lived in Kenya since 2005 and has adopted a daughter, Zawadi, whose name means 'gift' in Kiswahili. She is currently doing the photography for a book on Kenyan women leaders.
How Kenya's violence is destroying children's futures
Author: Beatrice Spadacini
One of the most heartbreaking things for me as I travel across Kenya is to see so many children out of school, pleading to resume their studies because their life truly depends on it. In the West we take basic education for granted but in Kenya, education is a potential ticket out of poverty, a step in the direction of living a life with dignity.
In the western area of Burnt Forest, in the Rift Valley, an 18-year-old girl named Rispa Irungu approached me and said she only had one more exam to go before completing her secondary school education.
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Author: Beatrice Spadacini
One of the most heartbreaking things for me as I travel across Kenya is to see so many children out of school, pleading to resume their studies because their life truly depends on it. In the West we take basic education for granted but in Kenya, education is a potential ticket out of poverty, a step in the direction of living a life with dignity.
In the western area of Burnt Forest, in the Rift Valley, an 18-year-old girl named Rispa Irungu approached me and said she only had one more exam to go before completing her secondary school education.
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