A Broken Girl

Looking at event that unfolded the past months with the abduction of girls from school in Nigeria, it kept bouncing back in my thoughts, the girls, their families, their future, the future of the girl child.

We have seen families trying to find their children, trying to find answers. Governments trying to find the girls and as for the girls themselves we don't know where they are, their state of mind, and what they are going through. But one thing we know for sure their lives will never be the same again. 

Every child, male or female has the right to education, a right to achieve their dreams and goals, but many are the events that have taken place that have  infringed on this right for both boys and girls. Forced marriages, cultural views regarding who is worth the education, poverty, security and so on.

So are we making any progress at all in helping the girl child? With the current events in Nigeria and around the world, I see parents keeping their girls at home to protect them, I see girls being afraid to go back to school, I see challenges that we need to tackle. 

But what can we do to help? How can we help our girls get back to school? How can we help our girls to feel secure in school? How can we help the parents to give their girls an education in the midst of all these challenges?

This is food for thought, as the saying goes 'You educate a woman, you educate a nation'.

Let us invest in the future of our children, let us pray for the girls of Chibok, let us pray for our girls.