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[speaking in Solomon Islands Pidgin]:
My name is Diana Ma'ahoro.

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I'm from Solomon [Islands], Mailata province.

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I am a disability woman.

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When I grow up, my mom is a nurse 
so she understands my disability  

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and she put me in school 
at Red Cross School.

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So I have reached grade five.

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When I was young, they told me to work hard, 
not to get married because I have a  

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disability and need to work hard to have
 money to support me when I grow older.

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I don't have a good education so how 
can I get a job to support me? 

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But then I heard about the program, 
the Girls Rise Up program,

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from some of my friends.

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Diana Ma'ahoro is one of the pioneers, yeah,

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or the young women that they have 
started with this Girls Rise Up program.

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It's a flagship for YWCA started in 2010.

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YWCA organization is more in ensuring,
 recognizing the importance of disabilities.

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It's important young women in that
 association must be involved  

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so that everybody ensures that there is equality, 
equal opportunities given to all young women.

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So I joined the program in 2010.  

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They trained me, mold me, and mentored me 
to become a good model in Solomon Island.

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We have learned and trained how 
to stand in front, how to talk,

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and how to explain what 
to teach to the community,

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and so I have graduated as 
a pre-educator at that time.

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Everybody should be treated as citizens 
of the country so all of us together are equal.

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Treating each other with fairness, 
it's a blessing. Treating each other seeing  

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each other as we are one is so important. You 
will have the blessing to work with everyone.

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You should have confidence in you, 
rise up and say 'Yes I can do it.'

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See yourself as a potential person,
 a potential leader in your family,

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in the community, and in 
the country as a whole.

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