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Esther Schroeder

Youth Ambassador for Victoria and Tasmania

“It’s one thing to hear about the rise of consumerism, but quite another to see it through the lives of children living in poverty.”

Esther is 18 and studies Medicine. She was first inspired to become a doctor when she read the autobiography of Dr Catherine Hamlin, founder of the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital in Ethiopia.

The most challenging part of the trip for Esther was “the realisation that what we saw of the children’s lives was their everyday reality. It is quite hard to wrap your head around the fact that the one room houses, the trips to the water pump and one or two meals per day is not just a two week experience for these kids and their families, but the reality of their lives,” she says.

Monique's 40 Hour Famine diary

  • This is why I'm studying medicine

    Thursday, 16 August 2012

    Esther says seeing World Vision support projects in Ethiopia gave her hope for the future of children like Burtukan.

    I’m sitting in the World Vision office, hours before I fly out to Ethiopia and what is going to be the most amazing two weeks of my life. But before I ...

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  • A place where every possession is cherished

    Wednesday, 11 July 2012

    Youth Ambassador Esther learnt valuable lessons from the children she met.

    Visiting Ethiopia opened my eyes to so much in this world. Something that really stuck with me was the sheer difference in the number of possessions of so many families we met in Ethiopia compared to what I have ...

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