for the future once more

A month later, Alcina takes a walk to her home village to ask her parents for maize. She meets her head teacher, who asks why she isn’t at school. Alcina tells him about all the terrible things that have happened.

Alcina meets her school friends and learns about her rights. She helps out at home and looks after her son, but is happy that once again she can dream about her future.

When the head teacher tells Alcina’s parents that in Mozambique there are laws prohibiting child marriage, they agree to let Alcina and her son come home, and to let her start school again.

Alcina and Kim from Zimbabwe accompany Queen Silvia to the World’s Children’s Prize ceremony at Gripsholm Castle in Mariefred.

During the ceremony, she stands up on stage and tells everyone that on the Child Jury she represents all girls who are subjected to child marriage and forced to quit school.

Alcina is involved in the WCP project My Rights & My Future for girls in Mozambique and Zimbabwe, which teaches girls about their rights and helps them return to school.