{"id":744,"date":"2016-08-16T15:00:24","date_gmt":"2016-08-16T15:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beyondpolio.org\/?p=744"},"modified":"2016-08-16T15:00:24","modified_gmt":"2016-08-16T15:00:24","slug":"mis-education-remarkable-triumph-georgina-mamba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beyondpolio.org\/?p=744","title":{"rendered":"The Mis-Education\u2014and Remarkable Triumph\u2014of Georgina Mamba"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-745 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/beyondpolio.org\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/shutterstock_256144816-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"shutterstock_256144816\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beyondpolio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/shutterstock_256144816-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/beyondpolio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/shutterstock_256144816-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/beyondpolio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/shutterstock_256144816-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/beyondpolio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/shutterstock_256144816.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>As a child, Georgina Mamba didn\u2019t fit in with the other students at her school in Lusaka, Zambia, after polio left her a paraplegic. As she got older and her parents could no longer care for her, they sent her away to a boarding school that turned out to be an orphanage for children with disabilities, but the school\u2019s academics were lacking. It wasn\u2019t until the seventh grade that she entered a school that provided the education she deserved, and years later she went on to earn her master\u2019s degree in Australia. Today, the now 36 year-old works as a statistician for Zambia\u2019s Ministry of Tourism and Arts and recently served as one of the 1,000 Mandela Washington Fellows under President Obama&#8217;s Young African Leaders Initiative. She hopes that by sharing her story she can inspire others with disabilities. &#8220;For someone like myself, who&#8217;s in a wheelchair, yes, let the building be accessible so I can get into the room,\u201d she said. \u201cBut also, when I come into the room, see me. See me for my strengths. Accept my limitations. 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