This is an amazing story about Riza -- a young
woman on a small island where the only job for women was collecting seashells,
yet she used Internet.org to earn a degree in computer science.
The story of a Filipina from the province of
Antique in Panay Island has caught the attention of Facebook founder Mark
Zuckerberg.
Zuckerberg was particularly amazed at how Riza Mae
Tachado of Malalison Island in Culasi, Antique broke barriers and improved
herself by going to school, even graduating with a degree in computer science,
with the help of the Internet.
In the video posted by Zuckerberg in his Facebook
account, Riza is shown collecting seashells by the shore. Riza explained that
on their small island, the only job for women is to collect seashells.
"Subalit higit pa ang gusto ko sa sarili
ko," she said in the video.
To realize that dream, she took computer science in
town, taking boat rides every day just to go to school.
She continues that while she was writing her
thesis, a strong typhoon hit their area and she could not leave the island for
weeks. Her mobile phone served as her virtual classroom and kept her in touch
with her groupmates.
She and her classmates used Facebook through
Internet.org to write their thesis "Automated Water Billing System of
Culasi Water District."
Tachado proudly stated that she is the first in her
family to graduate with a degree in computer science.
Know more about her story here: https://www.facebook.com/zuck/videos/10102421074005081/
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