Mary Maker: Why I fight for education of girls like me

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Mary Nyiriak Maker speaks on stage at the first ever TEDx event held at a refugee camp on 9 June 2018 in Kenya. Mary Nyiriak Maker is a firm believer in the power of education as a transformative tool for peace building and rebuilding lives. She found normalcy and hope through education after fleeing South Sudan's conflict.

After fleeing war-torn South Sudan as a child, Mary Maker found security and hope in the school at Kenya’s Kakuma Refugee Camp. Now a teacher of young refugees herself, she sees education as an essential tool for rebuilding lives — and empowering a generation of girls who are too often denied entrance into the classroom. “For the child of war, an education can turn their tears of loss into a passion for peace,” Maker says.

This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxKakumaCamp, an independent event. TED’s editors chose to feature it for you.

Transcript of Mary Maker’s impassioned strike for disadvantaged girls:

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Thank you.

TEDxKakumaCamp | June 2018

 

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