fatima_k
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How do you convince parents to let girls finish school?
Where the obstacle is not fees but that families need the labour at home and see school as a cost with no return, what changes minds?
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- Joined 21 June 2026
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Asked to pay a fee to "process" a scholarship. Is that normal?
A message that many people receive: you have been selected for a scholarship abroad, and you must pay a processing fee to secure your place before a deadline a few days away. There is a letterhead and a phone number. Is this ever how a...
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