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This 17-Year-Old Has Given 45 African Girls An Education By Selling Headbands

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Child Marriage

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Huffington Post

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Robbie Couch

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ICRW data on child marriage is featured in this article about a 17-year-old who is changing girls’ lives in Kenya and Uganda through the gift of education. 

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