I sat overlooking Kibera, a vast slum of mud huts and tin roofs close to the heart of Nairobi, talking to Caroline Sakawa, who runs a support group helping young girls continue their education. The girls on Sakawa’s project burn with ambition. A third are Christians, a third Muslim and a third from families that follow traditional African faiths. I wondered whether Sakawa saw any differences between the parental attitudes toward education. She was unequivocal: “No matter what their religious faith, they all believe in education.”
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