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  Learning to Stay in School with Confidence
  My name is Nabirye Aisha, and I am 17 years old. I study at Destiny College School in Nabitende-Banada, and I dream of one day becoming a nurse. But until recently, that dream felt far away. When I reached puberty, life became difficult. As a Muslim girl, there was pressure from my family to marry early and start having children. …
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  Back to the Classroom, Back to Life
  For Akoberani Veronica, a 33-year-old teacher and mother of three from Buyende District, life changed drastically after a complicated cesarean delivery at Kamuli District Hospital. The procedure left her with an obstetric fistula—an injury she hadn’t known existed until she experienced it herself. Veronica was referred to Uganda’s National Referral Hospital in Mulago for further treatment, but the cost of …
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  Turning Recovery into Purpose: From Survivor to Ambassador
  After three long days of labor, Zahara was still trying to deliver at home with the help of a traditional birth attendant (TBA). Assured by her husband that she’d be fine, she kept trying—despite the severe pain and lack of progress. Her baby was too large, and her birth canal too narrow, but the TBA continued urging her to push. …

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