馬拉維婦女反對早婚，提倡向女孩提供教育

Malawi Woman Resists Early Marriage, Provides Education to Girls

馬拉維婦女反對早婚，提倡向女孩提供教育

來源：VOA 時長：01:38

Girls on the Move Secondary School is a symbol of hope for girls from poor families in Malawi. The school is free and welcomes young girls who would traditionally be forced to marry.

前進中學是馬拉維貧困家庭女孩希望的象徵。學校不僅是免費的，而且還歡迎因為傳統觀念被迫結婚的年輕女孩。

In the southeastern African nation, more than half of young girls are married before they complete secondary school.

在非洲東南部的國家，超過一半以上的年輕女孩在中學畢業前就結婚了。

Memory Chazeza Mdyetseni began the school after she resisted relatives』 pressure to marry following the death of her parents.

Chazeza Mdyetseni 在她父母去世之後，拒絕親友的逼婚，開始了求學之路。

Three years later, the uncle who paid for her education died, and she went to live with her grandfather.

三年後，為她支付教育費用的叔叔去世了，然後她搬去和祖父住在一起。

Mdyetseni began working as a volunteer teacher in an all-girls secondary school that had just opened near her village. She became friends with a volunteer teacher from Canada who raised enough money to pay Mdyetseni』s college tuition.

Mdyetseni在本村附近的女子中學擔當志願者老師。同時，她和來自加拿大的志願者老師結識，並且這名老師資助她上大學的費用。

After receiving a degree in Bible studies, Mdyetseni and her Canadian friend, Christie Johnson, discussed the idea of starting an all-girls secondary school.

在接收在聖經研究學位後，Mdyetseni和她的加拿大朋友，Christie Johnson，開始討論啟動籌辦女子中學的項目。

The school gets most of its funding from Rotary Clubs in Canada, where Johnson now lives. More than 800 girls have gone through the school』s program since 2007. Some are now working as teachers while others have gone on to universities.

學校的大部分資金來自加拿大的扶輪社，約翰遜現在住在那裡。自2007以來，已有超過800名女孩通過了學校的課程。有些人現在當教師，另一些人去上大學了。

Recently, financial problems have forced the school to enroll some students who pay tuition.

最近，因為財政問題迫使學校招收了一些支付學費的學生。

Mdyetseni plans to open a few more schools using the same model. Someday she dreams of opening colleges for Malawi girls.

Mdyetseni計劃使用相同的模型多開幾所學校。有一天她夢想的馬拉維女子開放學院。

翻譯：劉瑞

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