Thandiwe Chama is a Zambian educational rights activist, who got her start when her school closed down due to a lack of teachers. Though she was only eight years old at the time, Thandiwe helped lead her classmates in the search for a new school, and she has persisted in her activism ever since. At sixteen years old, she was awarded the International Children’s Peace Prize for her efforts to help more and more children gain access to education. She also advocates for the rights of African individuals living with AIDS and HIV. Through her activism, she has gained international recognition and has brought more awareness to these diseases as well as to educational issues in her home country.
“…I love knowing my rights and my responsibility as a child.”
—Thandiwe Chama
This excerpt is from The Book of Awesome Girls by Becca Anderson which is available now through Amazon and Mango Media.
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