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Amanuel Aklilu, a Digital Media Professional in Ethiopia
Amanuel became engaged with DKT Ethiopia’s Higher Education Initiative, which helped him give back to fellow students.
Amanuel Aklilu admits that when he attended his first session of DKT’s Higher Education Initiative (HEI), he was mainly interested in scoring some per diem to cover the cost of khat, an indigenous plant of the Horn of Africa that is a stimulant and produces a high.
Instead, that session turned out to be a turning point in his life. “The project helped me to graduate safely with a clearly outlined life plan,” he says.
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Temitope Adebayo, a Tailor’s Apprentice in Nigeria
Temitope Adebyo, an aspiring fashion designer, doing her chores at home in Makoko of Lagos.
Temitope Adebayo, a young single mother living in the densely populated Makoko slums of Lagos, has found a strategy for dealing with the shady men she encounters.
“I have not seen a good man,” she says. “All men are useless. But I am still young; it is not possible for me not to be dating. But even the guy I am dating behaves like a madman sometimes. No one should quickly get pregnant with such a man. That’s the reason I am taking family planning.”
Read the full story here.