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Your Global Voice -- Voices of Women with host Denise Joy Thompson features Sister Zeph on March 19. Sister Zeph shares her journey and her life in creating a free school for girls and teaching work skills to women in her town/villages in Pakistan. Through many trials and tribulations, Sister Zeph shares how she kept her focus on her mission, her purpose, her calling from God. Sister Zeph is inspiring, motivating and transformational in her life's work and in her message. A MESSAGE FROM SISTER ZEPH from Pakistan:When I was 13 years old when I was beaten by a teacher in front of class because I was a naughty girl therefor I made a sacred promise to myself to never to return to a school but to make my own school since then I go door to door to convince families to send their daughters to my free school, I have taught hundreds of girls and empowered even more through formal education and many skills.I did it all along with teaching myself. I got two master degrees from University of Punjab as a Private student and now I am doing bachelors in EducationAll this was in an open air classroom for years. It was a tough time in my life. I never got a chance to take rest, no support or appreciation. I got tired and sick.My home was attacked by gunman twice, but luckily I was able to escape.Now after 20 years I have two schools for formal education where 150 students are getting twelve years free education and one skill center where annually 300 women learn many skillsMy students are college and University students, they are doing jobs, have own small business, they are professional beauticians, tailors, nurses, HR managers,, Teachers, administrators, educated and healthy mothers, they have high dreams and a courage and hope to pursue and achieve themwww.facebook.com/zephaniahfreeacademy