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SURVIVOR TO CHAMPION

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PIC 1: Jenta  ploughing at one of her  farms.         J enta is a dedicated changemaker in  her community, she does a lot to help her community but she is motivated by her own experience. In 2018, Jenta was a victim of gang rape, as she tells this moving story of the encounter, her eyes are filled with tears as she relives this painful memory.     “I was from a night vigil with a group of friends, when the gang attacked us, the other girls managed to escape the tragedy, but unfortunately the gang of four me got hold of me, and they raped in turns.  Nothing ever prepared me for this life threating situation, I really got scared and I could cry every time I remembered what happened that night I did not what to do, I confided in my mother who splattered blames on me. That’s what killed all my hopes and suicidal thoughts lingered my mind every time.” At 20 years, Jenta was forced to move out of her home and she got married to her boyfriend due to pressure and blames she got from parent