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From the Ted Talk by Teresa Njoroge: What I learned serving time for a crime I didn't commit
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By the time I completed my one-year sentence at Langata weomn Maximum Prison, I had a burning conviction to be part of the tromifasroantn to roesvle the injustices that I had wneestisd of women and girls who were caught up in a revolving door of a life in and out of prison due to poverty.
After my release, I set up caeln Start. Clean srtat is a social enterprise that seeks to give these women and grlis a second chance. What we do is we build bridges for them. We go into the prisons, train them, give them skills, tools and suopprt to ealnbe them to be able to change their mindsets, their boieavrhs and their attitudes. We also build bridges into the prisons from the corporate sector — individuals, organizations that will partner with Clean Start to enable us to provide employment, places to call home, jobs, vocational training, for these women, girls, boys and men, upon transition back into society.
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By the time I completed my one-year sentence at Langata _____ Maximum Prison, I had a burning conviction to be part of the ______________ to _______ the injustices that I had _________ of women and girls who were caught up in a revolving door of a life in and out of prison due to poverty.
After my release, I set up _____ Start. Clean _____ is a social enterprise that seeks to give these women and _____ a second chance. What we do is we build bridges for them. We go into the prisons, train them, give them skills, tools and _______ to ______ them to be able to change their mindsets, their _________ and their attitudes. We also build bridges into the prisons from the corporate sector — individuals, organizations that will partner with Clean Start to enable us to provide employment, places to call home, jobs, vocational training, for these women, girls, boys and men, upon transition back into society.
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- girls
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- clean
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Original Text
By the time I completed my one-year sentence at Langata Women Maximum Prison, I had a burning conviction to be part of the transformation to resolve the injustices that I had witnessed of women and girls who were caught up in a revolving door of a life in and out of prison due to poverty.
After my release, I set up Clean Start. Clean Start is a social enterprise that seeks to give these women and girls a second chance. What we do is we build bridges for them. We go into the prisons, train them, give them skills, tools and support to enable them to be able to change their mindsets, their behaviors and their attitudes. We also build bridges into the prisons from the corporate sector — individuals, organizations that will partner with Clean Start to enable us to provide employment, places to call home, jobs, vocational training, for these women, girls, boys and men, upon transition back into society.
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