There is also a file on the 53 girls who escaped
by running for their lives from their Boko Haram
kidnappers.
I have spoken to three who fled. All want to be
doctors and work as medical helpers in their
communities. But for now, their lives are on hold.
They are unable to finish their exams, unable to
find a safe place to study near home and are still
in fear of another attack from Boko Haram. They
have lost a year of their schooling and they are
traumatised by the kidnapping of their friends.
For a teenage girl, eight weeks in captivity could
have life-time consequences — and for their
families it is torture. The idea that your daughter
should go to school one day and never return is
every parent’s nightmare. Not to know whether
they have been molested, trafficked or are even
alive is a living hell.
These girls were abducted for the sole reason
that their captors believe that girls have no right
to an education.
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