Sarah Birabawa – Kampala, Uganda
SARAH BIRABAWA Sarah Birabawa grows passion fruit and pineapples in her farm. She is widowed and looks after children alone. She has 2 children, both of whom go to school because of Opportunity...
View ArticleBeatrice Sarkodie – Ghana
Beatrice’s daughter BEATRICE SARKODIE Beatrice – or better referred to as Madame Beatrice- recognized the need for education in her local community. Many children in Ghana do not have access to state...
View ArticleSolange – Kigali, Rwanda
SOLANGE Solange lives in a small villange called Kigali, in Rwanda and owns a tailoring business. She couldn’t afford to keep her tailoring shop afloat and her three children in school, so she turned...
View ArticleEugenie Nyirabagenzi – Rwanda
EUGENIE NYIRABAGENZI Eugenie is a rice farmer in Rwanda and the mother of five children. Her dream was to secure a better future for her children by enrolling them into a good school that would be...
View ArticleComfort Appiah – Ghana
COMFORT APPIAH Comfort is a School Proprietor whose dream was to help children in her neighbourhood access quality education, so in 1998 she started a small nursery in her home. It was a difficult...
View ArticleJoanna Benyin – Ghana
JOANNA BENYIN When Joanna moved to her local community in Ghana she noticed that most of the children stayed at home as their parents could not afford school tuition. She realized there was a real...
View ArticleChantal Mukamama – Kigali, Rwanda
CHANTAL MUKAMAMA Chantal lives in Kigali, Rwanda with her six children and owns a store selling wheelbarrows, fencing, tar and other hardware. She used to only sell small products, thus her income was...
View ArticleJustine Nassali – Uganda
JUSTINE NASSALI Justine lives in Kampala, Uganda and is the single mother of eleven children. Justine’s family was extended when she took her sister’s three children under her care, after she had...
View ArticleMary Makkazi – Uganda
MARY MAKKAZI Mary Makkazi is a single mother of five children, living in Uganda. She owns a maize farm, on which she works hard to provide for her own family, as well as her sisters family. With...
View ArticleMukamuhizi Alphosina – Rwanda
MUKAMUHIZI ALPHOSINA Mukamuhizi lives in Rwanda with her husband and her two children. She owns and manages a small business together with her husband, growing and selling beans, corn and wheat in the...
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