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Neipamei's Road to Freedom

10 March 2010

Neipamei Ngodia is the only girl in her family of 18 children and three mothers to go to high school. At 14 years old, she refused to be circumsized (which leads directly into marriage), and was outcast by family and friends for her choice of school over marriage. Now 16, Neipamei is determined to become a surgeon, and to return to her Maasai village so she can serve people where they are most comfortable - at home, speaking their native language with a doctor who understands not only their illness but also their culture. Neipamei understands much more t… Video by YouTube channel.

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