school is free and high school is not. in malawi where i ve been trying to help girls go to high school, a few families can afford the tuition in high school, even though some students it s about $50 a year. and the families who do manage to come up with that kind of tuition money usually spend it on the boys in the family rather than the girls. only 7% of girls in malawi finish high school. that s why the k.i.n.d. fund established a girls scholarship program in addition to our school desks program. and when i conceived of the k.i.n.d. fund four years ago, i wanted to keep it simple, very simple. kids in need of desks. i wanted to get these desks into school schools in africa where teachers and students had never seen desks. simple, affordable concept, also a job program for workers in african factories who make these
a few families can afford the tuition in high school, even though some students it s about $50 a year. and the families who do manage to come up with that kind of tuition money usually spend it on the boys in the family rather than the girls. only 7% of girls in malawi finish high school. that s why the k.i.n.d. fund established a girls scholarship program in addition to our school desks program. and when i conceived of the k.i.n.d. fund four years ago, i wanted to keep it simple, very simple. kids in need of desks. i wanted to get these desks into schools in africa where teachers and students had never seen desks. simple, affordable concept, also a job program for workers in african factories who make these desks that we then deliver to schools that have never had desks. not schools that didn t have enough desks.
these girls. some of them might not have the academic skills to make it all the way to nursing, but many of them will. many of those girls whose education you have financed will become nurses in malawi, a country desperately needs more medical personnel. they will be paid enough to support their family and they will be giving live-prafrming services to their families and they do that thanks to their own circumstances at best. and they will do that in schools that they could not attend without your help. you don t need to think about the energy
girls i talked to in malawi in high schools is to be a nurse. you already guaranteed that is going to happen for some of these girls. some of them might not have the academic skills to make it all the way to nursing, but many of them will. many of those girls whose education you have financed will become nurses in malawi, a country desperately needs more medical personnel. they will be paid enough to support their family and they will be giving live-prafrming services to their families and they do that thanks to their own circumstances at best. and they will do that in schools that they could not attend without your help.