Ten-year-old Sarita (right) and her friend Ranjana live in a remote village in Nepal where girls are rarely sent to school.
Girls here are usually expected to do household chores, babysit and take care of the family animals, instead of getting an education.
But thanks to ActionAid child sponsors, we've set up a tuition centre in Sarita's community, where 35 children are catching up on the learning they've missed and getting extra support from teachers. She spends two hours a day at the centre, and says it has helped her reading and writing skills as well as her confidence.
"I want to be a teacher so that I can teach children of my village and they can have a better future," Sarita says. "Now my mother has also realised the importance of education and she encourages me to go to school and the tuition centre.
"I hope one day I will make my village proud by studying well and being a teacher in the future."
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Page updated 29 November 2022