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basically there’s this community of ppl that formed in the 60s who had been abused/traumatized by the mental health system, and they rewrote their own stories of “illness” and what recovery is

they see recovery as not just healing from your personal struggles, but seeing how they were shaped by your environment and working as an activist AND peer to help others heal from those systems. (if depression was caused by homelessness or racism, treating symptoms alone won’t address the whole problem.)

it’s about connecting to other ppl. a process not a destination. about being well holistically, not simply functioning in society w/ less symptoms.

and not making mental illness so medical. seeing these struggles as human + caused by living in this world, not simply b/c of a broken brain. that we can all fully “recover,” even the most wounded among us.

seeing my disorders that way - as not just brain, but environment, system, human experience - could be so freeing. b/c it wouldn’t be my identity, who i am. i wouldn’t feel so much pressure to Recover and Be Cured asap… recovery and illness wouldn’t define my life. 

Gambia has abolished school fees from all public schools, from primary to secondary levels, a development welcomed by many Gambian parents, some of whom could not afford to pay the fees

In a bid to improve access to education, the Gambian government through the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education (MoBSE) has declared free education in all public schools from primary to secondary levels.

According to a MoBSE statement, “the removal of school levies is under the School Improvement Grant (SIG) funded by the government in a bid to provide education for all Gambian citizens,” Star Africa reported.

The statement reportedly indicated that the grant does not include books for the students and that parents are required to take charge of the stationery need of their children.

Expensive school fees continue to be a stumbling block preventing students in many African countries from accessing education, and the development will undoubtedly ease pressure off parents who stubble to pay fees.

According to reports, provision of free education, “has been welcomed by many Gambian parents some of whom could not afford to pay for their children’s school fees”.

School fees remain prohibitively expensive for many families in various African countries. According to United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef), school fees are widely recognised as one of the strongest barriers to achieving universal primary education. According to the UN, “fees consume nearly a quarter of a poor family’s income in sub-Saharan Africa”.

Countries such as the Gambia have abolished school fees to address such problems. Recently,Kaduna State in Nigeria announced it was abolishing primary school fees.

I have a baby sister who is very dark skinned who just started getting into make up (she’s 13). She tries to play in my make up when I visit and asks me for advice but the things that go with me don’t necessarily fit with her (I’m relatively fair skinned). I have a 15 year old sister who is brown skinned but she’s not into makeup so my baby sister can’t learn much from her.

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