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Meet the most enthusiastic girl ever, who had the ambition of being a doctor from when she was 5 years old. I met Flora in 2014 when she graduated from primary school, and got an average of ‘A’ in the National Examination which is very unusual for girls in village schools.

Flora comes from a family of two children, and both children have been raised by their mother since their father abandoned the family and move to another region. She is the first born and her young brother Frank, the second born. Her mother struggles so much to get the food and clothes for her children through doing small activities in the village like farming and selling vegetables in the small markets. In this case she couldn’t manage to send Flora to secondary school without getting support. Jifundishe helps this kind of student to achieve their academic goals and succeed in life in general; we believe that if girls get a good education, it’s easier to change the society that they live in.

Flora was assigned to join one of the public secondary schools in Tanzania where she attended her studies for four years with support from Jifundishe's Houston Scholarship Fund. During her holidays, Flora came to use our community library for personal study and participated in group discussions with independent study students that depend on our resources. She graduated last year and her National examination results were released in February. Flora once again got placed in division 1, the top placement available. She is our star, did very well with all the 9 subjects, and she has seen the bright light of her dreams starting to become true.

Meanwhile waiting for the placement for high school, Flora participates in community service and work with hospitals assisting nurses and observing what the doctors do as she want to be a doctor.

Thanks to all donors and supporters for making Jifundishe free library alive and keep serving many lives in Tanzania.