A girl in Mozambique tells how she left a child marriage
In this video, a girl from Zambézia province in Mozambique describes how she was married as a child and how she found her way back to school.
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"My mum doesn't work and she is all alone, so I got married as a child to see her problems and mine resolved," she says. "I was 15 years old when I married a 30-year-old businessman who had another 4 wives."
"I regret getting married so early. I could no longer fulfil my dream of one day becoming a teacher. Later, my school council helped me to get out of the marriage and I went back to school."
"I am free from child marriage and I'm so happy. I have returned to my mother, and now I can play freely with my friends."
Support for school councils
The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and UNICEF, working closely with other partners, support the Government of Mozambique in making sure children can enjoy a quality education.
The Korean people support the projects of the school councils. These projects help the councils tackle the barriers girls face in education: absence from school, dropping out, child marriage, early pregnancy and domestic violence.