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Graça's mother is pregnant. With one hand on her belly, she gazes out at her barren village. A Mozambiquan flag droops from a pole in the distance.

Graça was about to be born in a small village in Mozambique. The country was poor and the people did not yet rule themselves. Children didn’t have good schools and many couldn’t read. Graça’s mother dreamed of giving her children better opportunities. But without education there was little hope.