Teacher works overtime to give Rohingya girls a chance to learn
(WorldNews Politics)

Displaced from her homeland as a child, Alinesa went to school for the first time when she was 11 years old - and quickly made up for lost time. Now 32, she has become a teacher and a champion of education for refugees, especially girls. Alinesa fled Myanmar with her family 26 years ago and found safety in the south-eastern Bangladeshi coastal district of Cox`s Bazar. She grew up there in Kutupalong refugee settlement, taking advantage of educational opportunities she was denied back home. So when she heard that new evening classes run by volunteer teachers were...