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It's Time to Run

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Girls on the Run>>>

Ok, so I know I've been all about asking ya'll for money lately, but I thought I would try one more time with my last big project here.  Here, let me paint you the picture: Girls here have it hard. Much harder than the boys.  Cooking, drawing water, washing, math, science... you name it and they do it.  Most don't ever get the option to go to school- in fact many times they're married off by the time they become teenagers.  Most of us at that age were bratty and awkward looking; whereas, these girls are running households and breastfeeding.  It's a sad reality here.  As I've said before there is a direct link to girls' education/female empowerment and the level of development of a country. Trust me, I've seen charts...in college (a place 99.9999% of my girls will never see). Who is that .0001% you ask? Let me tell you about one of my best friends here. Her name is Rougy. She's a 15ish year old girl in middle school who lives in the village next to