like the children here, freshta is from the hazara ethnic group. for centuries, the hazara have faced discrimination in afghanistan. but ththey dream o of a brighr fututure. >> i would like to become a doctor and treat people in the surrrrounding area. >> i want to be a teacher and later teach in a school for boys. reporter: sekaina is the best student in the class. when she stands in front of the others, she forgets for a moment that in this region, women are expected to devote their lives to cooking and other domestic work. after school, it's a short walk home for sekaina andnd her two siblings, where their mother is waiting. their father is working on a building site at the moment. he doesn't have a permanent job, so the family has to make ends meet with any casual labor he can find. sekaina: i hope that in a few years, i can go to high school and later attend university in kabul. i would also like to become a doctor. reporter: a very different path from her mother, who can neither read nor write. as a teenager, she was forced into an arranged m

jan: i assume that freshta will later move away and study. then she can return as a real teacr and finay get paid reporter: until then, freshta has to fit in with the expectations her society has. she founded her cave-school all by herself and funded it with donations. she felt she owed it to the other children. unlike them, she was lucky enough to get a place at a proper school. freshta: ok, my plan for the future, that i have to bring changes about my ability, my education, about my skills, and i would like to be a very talented girl, and then i want to help for the people of my country, also for the people of my community, that my community is really backward. reporter: the next morning, she has to head out early again. freshta ahmadi still goes to school herself, and will soon be graduating, as one female student among many. that is, until she switches roles in the afternoon and transforms back into a teacher in a cave in the cliffs of bamiyan. host: this week in global living rooms we're off to peru. ♪ navez: hello, my name is navez. wel