Graduation day: It's been a long and winding road to get there, but Lindy finally gets her degree

Debra (left) with her daughter Lindy at her graduation, held earlier this month

It must have been about 10 years ago when I sat in Debra’s sitting room in Lilongwe, the capital of Malawi, and she told me that her one ambition in life was to see her daughter Lindy - then 12 years old - graduate from university. But first she h…