We continued to provide lessons in the Transformational Community Development (TCD) women’s group. Rania participated and said, “I am married and have two children, but I wanted to be a teacher. I studied a lot and worked hard to become one. After waiting for the test results, I did not get a sufficient score to enroll in the College of Education. I felt frustrated, hopeless, and unfulfilled in anything in my life. After listening to the TCD  lessons, I learned to say no to my frustration and look at myself positively. My life began to change, and I decided to help and work in a nursery and teach children in the classes. My life began to change from frustration to hope, success, and self-realization. I began to achieve my dreams among the children in the TCD group and nursery classes.”

We continued to provide TCD lessons for the preparatory group and Jessica participated. “I had goals in life, and I wanted to achieve them. I always doubted my abilities, afraid of trying and not succeeding. I heard about the lessons provided in the TCD meetings and learned I must have a goal and a plan for my life. I was afraid of not achieving them, but because of their encouragement, I began to strive to achieve my goals and ambitions and to develop the talents inside me. Because of their encouragement, I challenged myself to learn new skills and decided to learn music. Even if I failed, I would try again and achieve my dreams and ambitions.”

Thank you,

Written by Mariam, GHNI TCD Worker