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Basanti Bista is a 26-year-old health volunteer in highlands of Nepal.
She’s a foot soldier in the battle to reduce child and maternal deaths
in her community.
On the surface, Basanti is similar to most
women in the U.S.. She’s a homeowner, investor and mother – a
multi-tasker as we like to say. However, unlike many of us, Basanti
has achieved success despite seemingly insurmountable odds. Born to a
poor family, she was denied an education, forced to marry young,
suffered verbal abuse and became a widowed mother all before her 25th
birthday.
Unfortunately, Basanti’s story is not unique. A girl
born in South Asia or sub-Saharan Africa most likely will grow up in a
place beset by poverty and disease or conflict and famine. Cultural
norms and economic hardships snatch opportunity from the hands of women
and girls who have the potential to become pillars of their communities.
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