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Like one in 250 girls in Kenya, Martha Bande was fresh out of high school, and her parents could not afford to further her education. With few other choices, she took up a job as a domestic worker but her employer let her go after a month because she believed she had potential to do more. Now an ICT professional after paying for her education through savings from various administrative jobs, she tells her story with the hope of inspiring others
“I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do with my life after high school. Having completed school with a hefty fee balance, and knowing my parents could not further my education, I just wanted to be anything; anything that would just start me off on a better path - a secretary, receptionist, teacher… you name it,” Martha Bande begins her story.
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