Bicycle Helps Young Girl Follow Her Dreams

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Finally, Moira had made it to school through the day’s deluge of rain. Many days the young teenager arrived at school either soaked from the pouring rain or exhausted from walking in the hot sun. The five-mile trek hindered Moira’s ability to make it to school on time. There were mornings that, as the sun rose, Moira wondered if the agonizing trip was worth it.

Some of her friends biked to school, and she had long wanted a bicycle - but the girl could only watch as her friends sped by. — Moira, pictured here with her bicycle, no longer worries about having to walk to school.

Continue in School, Continue in Exhaustion

At 14 years old, Moira was well on her way to completing her secondary education. She wanted to be a teacher, and an education was the only way she could attain that goal. But walking to and from school every day was taking its toll. Sometimes, in the evenings, Moira would fall asleep without eating dinner, exhausted from her trek home and from completing her homework assignments.

Some of Moira’s friends biked to school, and Moira had long wanted a bicycle. But she could only watch as her friends sped by.

Moira’s father, Anrai, saw his daughter’s struggles. The fact that he couldn’t afford to purchase a bicycle for his daughter distressed him. A farmer by trade, Anrai earned barely enough to both feed his family and send Moira to school as it was.

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