Good Read: The Girl With The Louding Voice - Abi Dare

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  In this remarkable story, Adunni, the main character, depicts ambition fuelled with a burning desire to succeed despite all odds. Tales of this type still abound in Lagos, and they are portrayed in the media daily. Adunni is hailed as the poor girl with a rich mind, "Sherlock Holmes," who never stops asking intelligent questions, a child-bride, and a strong-willed girl who grew up fast due to the circumstance her parents put her through. However, she had the guts to pursue the life she wanted. - An education by any means necessary.  Adunni finally got her groove back after reading such an easy book, I could relate to the characters there. the harsh and despicable reality of Lagos till date. I would recommend this book to my friends and would love to see it turned into a film.
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Homeless World Cup Amsterdam 2015

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Learning new things every day. I never knew there was world cup matches aimed for the homeless. That is great in boosting morale and getting support from people and organisations to reduce homelessness. Read this in the standard yesterday on how Harry Redknapp had been coaching the team, The team trained at Football Association national center in Staffordshire before flying out to Amsterdam.
The tournament is for homeless men and women from 72 countries and England will go through in the second round.  England squad are also trained by the Homeless FA, which works with London based charity, Centrepoint and is part-funded by the Supporters Club, the charity arm BT Sport. 

One of the England players, also narrated how he became homeless after being made redudant at work, and had to couch surf at friends to survive before he was accepted into the Arsenal community development programme.  

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