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    Graca Machel was born in a small village in Mozambique during a time when the country was poor and children lacked access to education. Her father's dying wish was for Graca to receive a good schooling. Graca worked hard and received scholarships that allowed her to attend a city school and later university in Portugal, realizing her dream of becoming a teacher. After Mozambique gained independence, Graca helped establish primary schools and increase literacy, making education available to more children. She married leaders Samora Machel and later Nelson Mandela, continuing her efforts to bring education and opportunity to children in Africa.

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    Graca Machel was born in a small village in Mozambique during a time when the country was poor and children lacked access to education. Her father's dying wish was for Graca to receive a good schooling. Graca worked hard and received scholarships that allowed her to attend a city school and later university in Portugal, realizing her dream of becoming a teacher. After Mozambique gained independence, Graca helped establish primary schools and increase literacy, making education available to more children. She married leaders Samora Machel and later Nelson Mandela, continuing her efforts to bring education and opportunity to children in Africa.

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    Graca Machel was born in a small village in Mozambique during a time when the country was poor and children lacked access to education. Her father's dying wish was for Graca to receive a good schooling. Graca worked hard and received scholarships that allowed her to attend a city school and later university in Portugal, realizing her dream of becoming a teacher. After Mozambique gained independence, Graca helped establish primary schools and increase literacy, making education available to more children. She married leaders Samora Machel and later Nelson Mandela, continuing her efforts to bring education and opportunity to children in Africa.

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    Graca Machel was born in a small village in Mozambique during a time when the country was poor and children lacked access to education. Her father's dying wish was for Graca to receive a good schooling. Graca worked hard and received scholarships that allowed her to attend a city school and later university in Portugal, realizing her dream of becoming a teacher. After Mozambique gained independence, Graca helped establish primary schools and increase literacy, making education available to more children. She married leaders Samora Machel and later Nelson Mandela, continuing her efforts to bring education and opportunity to children in Africa.

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    The inspiring story of Graca Machel, and her dream

    to instill a love for reading and learning in the children


    of Mozambique and the rest of Africa.
    Melissa Fagan
    Karlien de Villiers
    Marike le Roux

    ISBN 9780992235871

    ISBN 9780992235871

    9 780992 235871

    9 780992 235871

    This book belongs to

    Please send a photo of the child holding this page open to


    [email protected] or on social media with @bookdash

    Gracas Dream
    Written by Melissa Fagan
    Illustrated & designed by Karlien de Villiers & Marike le Roux
    with the help of the Book Dash participants in Cape Town on
    30/08/2014, listed here: www.bookdash.org/20140830-cape-town
    ISBN: 978-0-9922358-7-1
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    Melissa Fagan, Karlien de Villiers,


    and Marike le Roux

    Graa was about to be born in a small village in


    Mozambique. The country was poor and the people
    did not yet rule themselves. Children didnt have good
    schools and many couldnt read. Graas mother
    dreamed of giving her children better opportunities.
    But without education there was little hope.

    Baby Graa would be the sixth child. But with this joyous
    event there was great sadness. Their beloved father
    was dying. He dreamed that his youngest daughter
    would go to a good school. He knew that education
    would give her opportunities he never had. His family
    promised to make their dads dream come true.

    Just weeks after their dad died, the new baby


    was born. She was given a name to match the
    beauty and blessing that she was Graa. As
    the years passed, Graa brought much joy to her
    family and they kept the promise made to their
    father. Graa would have a good education.

    Graa worked hard at school and as a teenager


    she received a gift that would change her life. It
    was a scholarship to attend a rich city school.
    She dreamed of becoming a teacher and using
    her education to educate others. She wanted
    the children of her beloved Mozambique to
    know reading and learning. She dreamed of a
    time when all children would go to school.

    Graa did her best in that city school and years later
    she was blessed again. It was another scholarship to
    attend a university in faraway Portugal. She met new
    friends, learned new languages and read a bounty of
    books. She realised her dream of becoming a teacher.
    All this made Graa very happy. There was
    only one thing that still made her sad

    Back at home people were still


    not free. But now Graa had an
    education, skills, and hope. She also
    had friends who felt as she did about
    childrens right to learn. She would
    use her knowledge and work with
    her friends. Together they would
    bring change to Mozambique.

    Finally with the help of all her


    friends, Mozambique was free!

    The man chosen to lead the country was Graas special


    friend, Samora Machel. They fell in love and got married.

    Graa was given the important job of making sure that all
    children in Mozambique got a good education. It was a hard
    job because there were so many children in Mozambique
    who couldnt read. She knew that they needed education and
    wanted to make real change in her country. She started with
    primary schools and getting boys and girls into classrooms.
    Literacy was her focus and putting books into childrens hands.

    Graa and Samora had two children. They shared a


    dream to create good lives for their own family and for
    the Mozambican people. They were happy and hopeful.
    Then one terrible day, Samora died in an aeroplane crash.

    Graa mourned Samora for many years, but she found love
    again. She met a man who had also spent his life dreaming
    of bringing freedom, hope and education to his people.
    Graa married Nelson Mandela and together
    they worked to help Africas children.

    Gracas dreams had come true. She had become


    a teacher. She had celebrated freedom for her
    country. She made it possible for more children
    to have education, and opportunities to achieve
    great things too.

    Heres a book, my child.


    What will it inspire you to do?

    The inspiring story of Graca Machel, and her dream


    to instill a love for reading and learning in the children
    of Mozambique and the rest of Africa.
    Melissa Fagan
    Karlien de Villiers
    Marike le Roux

    ISBN 9780992235871

    ISBN 9780992235871

    9 780992 235871

    9 780992 235871

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