Tuti Goes To School

Sixteen years old, about to be married to an elder for fifty goats and cows, Tuti Dobe ran away to Turmi (a small town 56 km away) and became a first grader!

Before GTLI started working in her area, Tuti's only option to escape arranged marriage (which means being banished from her family and forced to support herself) would have been to become a prostitute in Turmi.

Two GTLI projects gave Tuti the vision and the resources to escape: the tiny school for the women's cooperative and the money-making shikinee (beaded bracelets) program. Tuti became the fastest shikinee maker on the planet!

But Tuti needs your help. It will be years before shikinee sales cover all her school and living costs. But with your help, she can stay in school - and model healthy alternative behavior to other Hamar girls being forced to marry against their will.

$10 will buy Tuti room and board for a month
$50 will buy her a year's worth of books and supplies

http://gtli.us/donate/help-tuti-stay-in-school/?searchterm=tuti


On behalf of Tuti - thank you.

Lori