School is in session!
Give A Heart To Africa’s adult education centre is currently teaching its 5th group of students. There are 40 students in the class. You can meet some of them here!
Lemi, 39 years old
Lemi is a single parent of four children. She braids hair to earn money for their care, but it is not enough to pay for their school fees
Neema, 23 years old
Neema a single mom with an 18-month-old daughter, lives in a mud-brick room without electricity across from her mother, who has TB. She would like to study hotel management. Her participation in classes has improved rapidly.
Mariam, 21 years old
Mariam is responsible for her two younger siblings since their parents are deceased. An excellent student, Mariam completed Form 4, but could not sit for the examination; she wants to be a doctor and be able to pay the school fees of her brothers.
Melania, 43 years old
Melania is an enterprising woman who raises a dairy cow and chickens as well as vegetables and fruits to sell. She lives in a tiny 2-room mud-brick home without electricity and water. She loves children and helps in the After-School Program.
Deliver, 38 years old
Deliver lives in a single mud-brick room with her husband and six children, near her 89-year-old mother. She sells chai and cake. She always has a smile, loves to speak English, and she has a very positive attitude.
Amina, 36 years old
Amina is a widow, lives with her two teen-aged children without electricity and water in a small mud-brick room. She rents 2 rooms as well as buying and selling small fish (dagaa) on Saturdays to help pay expenses and school fees.
