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Nantume Ivy
$360 of $360 donated
Kampala, Uganda
My parents ran a small shop in Makindye (a suburb of Kampala, Uganda). Mrs. Amina Bbaaale used to shop there. When my parents got sick from AIDS, I wondered what would become of me. I expected that like my parents I, too, would soon be dead because I am HIV positive. Mrs. Bbaale told my parents I would be welcome to live with her and attend Peace Nursery and Primary School. Every month the Headmaster takes me to a clinic to get shots. The shots are really helping and I look forward to a long life. People who knew me before I came to Peace School do not recognize me now because my condition has improved so much. I would not be alive if not for Peace School. My life has turned around. I am so thankful for Mrs. Bbaale. The family compound has been converted into a school that serves those like me who cannot pay school fees. Members of her family operate the school, teach, and somehow raise the money to keep the school going. There is a Girls Dormitory at the school but because...
Sonam Shahbaz
$450 of $450 donated
Pakistan, Pakistan
Sonam Shahbaz is eight years old and living with her mother and six sisters in a rented house in the red light area of Lahore. Sonam’s mother is sex worker and earns livelihood for the family through prostitution. Sonam does not want to be a sex worker. Her mother and her two elder sisters hardly earn an amount of Rs. 10000/ month (US $ 119/ month) from prostitution. With this limited income they are hardly able to meet the daily expenses of food and rent of the house. Her mother is not able to bear the expenses of her education and health care. Her two sisters are in business of prostitution and remaining three sisters have also never attended school. Her mother and other family members do not want her to attend the school as they are unable to meet the expenses of her education. Her mother wants her to be a prostitute in future but she does not want to be a prostitute. She wants to get education and to become an artist in future. She thinks that education is the best way to get ...
Empower Teen Survivors of Abuse with Education
$480 of $480 donated
Eastern Province, Sri Lanka
Emerge Global supports Sri Lankan girls, ages 10-18, who are housed in protective shelters due to sexual abuse or the threat of abuse and are courageously testifying in court against their perpetrators (who are often male family members). Through partnerships with these shelters, Emerge provides a comprehensive curriculum that emphasizes leadership, life skills, and business knowledge and helps each girl generate a financial foundation by creating and selling her own unique jewelry. Emerge sells jewelry created through the program in the U.S., Sri Lanka, and online, with 50% of all revenue going back to the girls who created the pieces. Emerge currently engages a past participant as a Peer Educator for two of our educational programs—Beads-to-Business and Life Skills—on a part-time basis. Not only is a Peer Educator an excellent teacher and well-respected by Emerge participants and staff, but she is also a model for how Emerge hopes to employ high-performing past participants as...
Regina S
$250 of $250 donated
Monrovia, Liberia
Regina was found sleeping on a dirty cement floor in a coal warehouse where rats and cockroaches play. She had no blanket and only owned the ripped t-shirt she wore. Her mother has a mental health illness and her father passed away during the war. In 2004, Regina moved in with a foster mother, Florence, in Sinkor. Regina and Florence were connected through More than Me. Regina is now attending school through a scholarship by the organization. Florence, her guardian, has 3 biological children and has adopted 5 other children with similar stories as Regina. Florence is single and runs a small bakery to support her family. Regina is shy, introverted, and doesn’t speak much. When she first moved in with Florence, she would steal and skip school, pretending that she went. She showed signs of trauma, but over time, she has started playing with other children and now attends school regularly.
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