"While I was held captive, the militants barked questions at me: where did I come from; where was I going; and why do I still teach? These armed men had ordered our school to close. They did not realize that for me, teaching is not just a job but a mission; that is why I continue."
"Many of my colleagues have not continued, because we live in one of the most dangerous parts of the world to be a teacher, in conditions where the militants make the lives of residents almost unbearable."
"In 2023, nearly a quarter of our schools were closed because of violence. I was taken captive while travelling to help with examinations at another school 60km away."
"It is estimated that as many as 6.3 million people, a quarter of the population, were in need of humanitarian aid in 2024, with the country named as the world's most neglected displacement crisis for the second year in a row."
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