Educating Lucia - Zimbabwe

March 2000
Twelve-year old Lucia goes to primary school; her dream is to go to secondary school, and go on to train as a pilot. Her older sister Barita wants to do computer studies, but she had to leave school when their parents died of AIDS. And Portia, the youngest in the family, wants to be a dressmaker, but she doesn't go to school at all. The three sisters are AIDS orphans being brought up by their grandmother. She can only afford school fees for one girl, Lucia, to attend primary school. Tragically for these three sisters from one of Zimbabwe's large scale commercial farms, in tobacco country 50 miles outside Harare, they're more likely to end up - as their mother before them - with no formal education, working as seasonal labourers on the farm. Across Africa, the odds are dramatically against girls getting an education. This Life episode examines why.

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[blackhoodsociety]

that white lady just lied wat that black boi said he said i just want to do anything that can change my life

[SwedishDictatorship]

The Swedish government is the biggest ebemy of African people. Educate your self so you cansee the real face of the children murderers (Swedish government). Google; Bofors/SAAB Dynamics/Wallenberg nazi connection/. Swedish gov. is the worlds biggest hoax!

[Sunclief]

Dirayi: The guy has bent over double to help them with school and because they can not go to a secondary eduction and they will have to travell 25Kilometers to a school you blame the white man! Hmmm

[zuhuraswa]

i beleive zanu is just a group of mafia shonas

[Znaika1]

I bet the farmer provided his workers with basic medication too. It was also not uncommon for a farmer to share 10% of the net income with the workers as an incentive. Dave Stevens, killed in 2000 by thugs called 'war veterans' did just that. A farmer usually also took care of housing and gave gardening plots to every family.

And don't you dare to say that it was done so that children would stay and work for him. Unemployment is 95%; there is a long line of candidates for each working place.

[Znaika1]

"Why is that the farm does not have a secondary school"

And why is that the farm does not have a university too?

The farm has a primary school because the farmer took care of his workers. And he had to do it because he understands that children need education and there is no government primary school in the neighbourhood. And why is that there is none? Because ZANU government failed in all areas including public education. So the farmer takes better care than the ministry of education.

[Znaika1]

Welcome to African socialism. Same as any other socialism, it promised to make everybody equally well off, but made everyone equally destitute. Education is not an exception: in 'racist' Rhodesia 90% black children attended school. Boys and girls alike. Almost all blacks graduated from primary school and equal number of blacks and whites In Rhodesia received secondary and university education. Since there were 10 times more blacks, it was considered 'discrimination'. Now everyone is equal.

[dirayi]

Even this whiteman who owns this farm could also surport his workers children to go to school.

Why is that the farm does not have a secondary school for the workers children,

The point is that "when these children are reaching the age of 13 after primary education they have to work for him . And he will make sure that they don't get their high school education.

Tarisai imba inogara murungu,nepari kuchera mvura vashandi vake.

[beba0447]

thank God for good hearted people like the teacher and the woman that is doing eveything in her power to keep the 2 orphans she took in her home. I sponser a child a while back but little did I know this child wasn`t being taken care of. when I began asking questions they beat around the bush & never gave me a staight answer after 6 yaers of believing I was helping a child I was left very distrought over the sake of this child I grew to love & till today don`t know anything about her.

[mugabeimhata]

mugabe idhodi