"The same shopkeeper at a certain convenience store should not notice you every day. They (parents) never knew when or…"

"Our parents would tell us; you can be forced to leave your home, forced into exile, and lose any material or property…"

"What struck me the most, was living in a society for the first time in my life, where girls had no concerns whatsoeve…"

"I was taking with me from Afghanistan some of the best educated girls, women leaders in the making. I felt so heartbr…"

"I've borrowed a stone from the airport. I need to return. I spend every waking hour preparing for it,""

"In our house and in our personal relationship, SOLA starts from when we wake up to when we go to bed,"

"I found myself in a classroom where most of my classmates were six years older than me. And it was the first time I w…"

"“That gave us even more opportunities for innovation in that space. Creating a physical and safe nurturing learning e…"

"It made a point to re-evaluate our responsibility towards the SOLA students, family, and staff and we knew that it wa…"

"Out of the blue, Rwanda became a possibility and quite fortunately we were quickly welcomed,”"