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The Girl With One Exercise Book
<p><br/></p><p>_A story on Education_</p><p><br/></p><p>On e upon a time,there was a girl called Zainab .</p><p>She lived in Ajegunle, Lagos. 3 rooms, 9 people. </p><p>Her school had no chairs. 60 students, 1 teacher, and a roof that leaked when it rained.</p><p><br/></p><p>But Zainab had one thing: *One exercise book.* </p><p>She couldn’t afford new ones, so she used both sides. Math on front, English on back. She borrowed textbooks and copied everything at night with candlelight.</p><p><br/></p><p>People laughed. "Why are you stressing? Just learn trade." </p><p>Her dad said, "School is good, but money is not there."</p><p><br/></p><p>Zainab said, "Education is the only generator that never runs out of fuel."</p><p><br/></p><p>*The Turning Point*</p><p>SS2, her school got a visitor. A small NGO called *"Read to Rise"*. </p><p>They didn’t come with speeches. They came with 2 things: </p><p>1. *Solar lamps* - so students could read at night</p><p>2. *A mentor* - Tolu, a 24-year-old who graduated from UNILAG and came back to teach for free on Saturdays</p><p><br/></p><p>Tolu told them: "Education is not about passing WAEC. </p><p>Education is about _options_. The more you know, the more doors you can open."</p><p><br/></p><p>For 1 year, Zainab showed up every Saturday. </p><p>She learned coding on a borrowed laptop. </p><p>She learned how to write CVs. </p><p>She learned that asking questions was not "being rude" — it was "being curious."</p><p><br/></p><p>*4 Years Later*</p><p>Zainab got admission to study Computer Science on scholarship. </p><p>She worked part-time, taught kids coding on weekends, and built an app called *"MyBook"* — where students in low-resource schools can share and borrow e-notes.</p><p><br/></p><p>Today, 3,000 students use MyBook in Lagos. </p><p>The same NGO that gave her a solar lamp now uses her app.</p><p><br/></p><p>Zainab went back to her old school last month. </p><p>No more floor sitting. They now have 20 desks, solar power, and a small computer lab. </p><p>She stood in front of 60 students holding just one exercise book each and said:</p><p><br/></p><p>*_"This book is small. But what you put inside it can be bigger than this street. </p><p>Education will not do the work for you. </p><p>But it will give you light to see the work, and tools to do it."__</p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p>
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