Tererai Trent is a Zimbabwean woman who desperately wanted to attend school, but was restricted by her family’s devaluation of women. Members of the aid group Heifer International encouraged Tererai nonetheless, and, inspired to pursue her unlikely ambitions, she eventually studied in the United States where she earned a PhD and conducted research on AIDS in African countries.
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Chapter 14
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We like to think of aid as a kind of lubricant, a few drops of oil in the crankcase of the developing world, so that gears move freely again on their own.
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Tererai Trent Quotes in Half the Sky
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Chapter 14
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We like to think of aid as a kind of lubricant, a few drops of oil in the crankcase of the developing world, so that gears move freely again on their own.
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