Ten-year-old Plaxedes was so excited about her new school in Zimbabwe that she went to class early. About three months early. The foundation had only just been laid when she arrived at the site of her future school\u2014one of 10 ADRA classroom blocks being built in the Gokwe North District\u2014and offered to help.<\/p>\n
Community members tasked with molding the bricks gratefully released their children into her care, and every day Plaxedes returned to the site to babysit.<\/p>\n
\nHer hopes took shape with the building, and as the walls went up, Plaxedes dusted off a dream that she had long thought impossible: to become a nurse.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
\u201cSix months ago, I thought I could never be a nurse,\u201d the second-grade student said. \u201cBut when I look at the school that ADRA is building, I am now positive that I can be.\u201d<\/p>\n
Before ADRA\u2019s classrooms, Plaxedes was going to school in a dimly lit mud hut with only a log for furniture. The small and uncomfortable space made learning difficult; the rainy season made it virtually impossible. Plaxedes attended as often as possible, but she began to lose faith in her goals for the future. She knew this mud hut classroom could not give her what she needed.<\/p>\n
These mud hut classes are common in Gokwe North, where the nearest proper school is often beyond walking distance. Because they cannot afford to send their children so far away, communities build these \u201csatellite schools\u201d of mud and sticks in the belief that a little education is better than none at all.<\/p>\n
ADRA came to the area with a plan to build five schools in five local villages. Each school comprises two classroom blocks, two latrines, one hand-washing station, and a rainwater-harvesting tank. The combined enrollment of these schools is 1,455 students.<\/p>\n
That means Plaxedes and 1,454 other children have the chance to develop their dreams and imagine a new future. And for many of these students, their dreams may now very well come true.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am thankful for this school,\u201d said Plaxedes. \u201cEducation brings me hope.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n
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