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Bursary saves a girl from early marriage - Nation Online
2025-04-20 10:45:04| Spiritual Career Counseling
Four years ago, Grace Munthali saw her dream of becoming an accountant slip away due to poverty.The girl had worked hard day and night to get selected to Lilongwe Girls Secondary School, but her parents could not afford her educational needs.I reported for Form One three weeks after the opening of the first term. My parents tried their best, but could only find transport money and two tablets of soap. I went to school without fees and pocket money, she recalls.Graces desperation worsened when she lost her father months afterwards, pushing her to the verge of illicit marriages that dim the futures of nearly half of girls in Malawi.The future looked bleak, she says. I decided to just get married after the first term.But her hope was restored when the headteacher informed Graces mother that First Lady Monica Chakweras Shaping Our Future Foundation (Soff) would finance the needy girls education.Last Monday, Grace Munthali narrated her emotional turnaround at Kamuzu Palace when Pl...
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