Under a Zambian Tree : Dora Moono Nyambe's quest to educate her nation

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I was alone with my thoughts and dreams. It took everything I had to take that first step, saying to myself 'I will let go of everything else and chase this one dream' When Zambian teacher Dora Moono Nyambe started posting videos on TikTok three years ago, she had to ask her daughter's 13-year-old friend how to use the popular social media platform.

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Nyambe's videos now attract tens of thousands of views - even drawing the attention of U.S. popstar Meghan Trainor, who shared one of Nyambe's videos of the school dormitories set to Trainor's hit song "Made you look". Join me as I interview the author of Under a Zambian Tree, Joseph Schmitt. Watch as he chronicles Dora’s quest to educate her nation. Another impending challenge is a possible ban of Chinese-owned TikTok in the United States, from where she gets most of her followers and donations. In three years, she has founded a charity called " Footprints of Hope" and built a school which has 350 children and 24 teachers. It has 12 classrooms, a kitchen, dining hall, dormitories and a science laboratory.Under a Zambian Tree is officially available! Over the past year, Dora Moono Nyambe and Joseph Schmitt have been hard at work to bring you this incredible story.

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Dora is the founder of our NGO, Footprints of Hope Mapapa. At just 27, Dora took her meager savings, moved to a remote village, built a mud house, and began teaching rural children underneath a tree. Three years later, she has saved over 200 children from abuse, forced marriage, rape, and neglect. Dora’s work as an advocate has garnered global attention, from the United Nations, UNICEF, and four million others on social media. Joseph Schmitt, an American researcher is the author of the book and shadowed Dora for a year to help tell her story.

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Our goal is to sell 5,000 copies, of which 100% of the proceeds go directly to Footprints of Hope. This book not only shares an incredible true story, but inspires us to drive grassroots change in our own communities. We are so proud of our amazing team that has helped spread awareness and maximize our impact with this book.Understanding Grief Therapy: A Deep Dive with Andrea Santiago | The Vibe With Ky Podcast October 8, 2023 Trust Conference is the Thomson Reuters Foundation’s flagship annual event, taking place in the heart of London each year. Find out more. We are grateful for the opportunity to share Dora's inspiring story with the world, and we are thrilled by the response that we have received from readers across the country. Thank you to everyone who bought a book and supported us along the way! I had no idea when I first started using TikTok - so I just started showing how life in the village was," Nyambe told Context via video call from the Zambian capital Lusaka. A book titled " Under a Zambian Tree" documenting her journey was released on Feb. 7, with proceeds of the first 5,000 copies going towards her charity.