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Welcome to the website for Dreamworld Leadership Initiative for Girls where you will find regular updates and information on the work of this project. Please read a message from our founder, Benedicta Attoh.
I was born in Nigeria and came to live in Ireland 2000. At the moment I do a good bit of shuttling between Nigeria and Ireland several times a year. My aim of setting up this project in 2009 is simple: as a former child bride who was forced into an early marriage at 15 years of age as second wife to a man 25 years my senior, I have firsthand experience and knowledge of the challenges and dangers facing millions of girls born into poor families not just in Nigeria but across Africa.
I want to demonstrate to the people of the world that one person can make a difference; I stand ready to act in a timely way for the welfare and educational empowerment of disadvantaged girls not just in Nigeria but across the West African sub region and the continent of Africa. Above all, I want to nurture a community and network of young female leaders across Africa particularly at a time when leadership is a major challenge for African countries.
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