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Partnering for Change

In: Stories to Tell Your Students

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  • Maria Humphries
  • Anna Cox

Abstract

More than anything Beatrice longed to be a schoolgirl. But in her small African village only the children who can afford fees and books and uniforms can go to school. Beatrice knew that with six children to care for, her family was much too poor. But then, one day, she received a most wonderful gift from some people far away—a goat! Fat and sleek and ripe as a mango, Mugisa (which means luck) gave milk that she could sell. Beatrice took good take care of Mugisa. Beatrice and Mugisa seemed joined in a pact! Beatrice made sure she found long juicy grass for her goat and a safe place for her to sleep at night. Mugisa in turn produced lots of milk that Beatrice was able to sell. With Mugisa’s help, Beatrice found the money to pay for the school fees, the books, and a uniform purchased from a child who had graduated. Now she was to follow in her footsteps—dressed in the very uniform a girl her size had worn to study at and graduate from school!

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  • Maria Humphries & Anna Cox, 2011. "Partnering for Change," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Joan Marques & Satinder Dhiman & Jerry Biberman (ed.), Stories to Tell Your Students, chapter 1, pages 70-72, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-37043-2_34
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230370432_34
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