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Schoolgirls in Ghana

Ghana: A girl using bottle tops to count in a maths lesson at Brepaw Kpeti Presby
A girl using bottle tops to count in a maths lesson at Brepaw Kpeti primary school
Photograph: Mark Pengelly
Ghana: Abigail Appetey, Ampisu Primary School, 12 years old
Abigail Appetey is 12 years old. On Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays she is forced to miss her classes at primary school to sell fried fish door-to-door in Apimsu, her farming village in eastern Ghana. She gets up at 5am to buy the fish three miles away
Photograph: Mark Pengelly
Ghana: An 8 year old pupil at Brepaw Kpeti Primary
An eight-year-old pupil at Brepaw Kpeti primary school
Photograph: Mark Pengelly
Ghana: Gifty Ansah with her mother Cecilia
Gifty Ansah, 15, pictured with her mother Cecilia, has just finished her morning chores before school. Cecilia, a farmer and single mother, knows the value of school. 'Farming is too difficult,' she says, to offer Gifty much in life. 'There is no work to do unless you are educated.'
Photograph: Mark Pengelly
Ghana: Gifty Ansah and teammates playing in a football tournament
Gifty Ansah (centre) and teammates playing in a football tournament
Photograph: Mark Pengelly
Ghana: relaxing after a tough game
Gifty Ansah, 15; Alberta Normenyo, 15; Margaret Ampomah, 16; Deborah Martey, 14; and Abigail-Mary Hitresi, 13, relaxing after a tough game
Photograph: Mark Pengelly
Ghana: Gifty Ansah, 15, in a class at Brepaw Kpeti Junior High
Gifty in a class at Brepaw Kpeti junior high
Photograph: Mark Pengelly
Ghana: Headteacher Albert Amjomoah-Wayo of Ampisu Primary with his class
Headteacher Albert Amjomoah-Wayo, of Ampisu primary, with his class
Photograph: Mark Pengelly
Ghana: Jessica Shepherd interviewing the headmaster of Ampisa primary school
Jessica Shepherd interviewing the headmaster of Ampisa primary school, Albert Amjomoah-Wayo
Photograph: Mark Pengelly
Ghana: Kings and Queens of Ampisu Community
'Kings' and 'queens' – highly respected elders who have been selected to preside over villages and keep their traditions going. Pictured here are those of the Apimsu community
Photograph: Mark Pengelly
Ghana: Ronan and Rhiannon enjoying a talk about child neglect
Teenagers Rhiannon Kruse-Edwards (left) and Ronan Mckenzie enjoying a talk put on by Gifty Ansah and her friends. Rhiannon and Ronan, from Walthamstow school for girls in East London, won an award for global education campaigning and travelled to Ghana accompanied by the international children's charity Plan, and Education Guardian
Photograph: Mark Pengelly
Ghana: Ronan and Rhiannon with the pupils of Ampisa primary school
Rhiannon and Ronan with the pupils of Ampisa primary school
Photograph: Mark Pengelly
Ghana: Teaching Malaria prevention at Ampuso Primary
Teaching malaria prevention at Ampuso primary
Photograph: Mark Pengelly
Ghana: Tomatey Theresa Dede, 8, in breaktime at Brepaw Kpeti Primary
Eight-year-old Tomatey Theresa Dede in breaktime at Brepaw Kpeti primary
Photograph: Mark Pengelly
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