Age: 11 Grade: Primary 5 Asha has lived with her aunt since she was 2 years old. Her parents had serious drug addictions and Asha has been affected by these choices. She is a slow learner, but is making her way. In spite of these limitations, Asha is a fun-loving, friendly girl [...]
Age: 16 Grade: Secondar 2 Davina, along with her twin sister and several brothers, live with their impoverished parents, living off of their small plot of land and working low skill jobs for neighbors when work is available. Sponsorship has allowed Davina to attend school at HUM’s Genesis Primary School where she [...]
Age: 14 Grade: Secondar 1 Mary’s father and his brother and sister were raised in the HUM sponsorship program. Her father was killed in a motorcycle accident when Mary was just 6 months old and her mother abandoned her with an older relative that tried to care for Mary for 2 years. [...]
Age: 15 Grade: Primary 7 Abudalah lives with his widowed mother and his seven brothers and sisters. His mother works in the fields of neighbors to provide for her children, though this is seasonal work and the family struggles greatly at time. Through the HUM sponsorship program Abudalah has had 2 partial [...]
Age: 11 Grade: Primary 5 Terah’s mother left 3 years ago to be a nanny in Saudi Arabia and has not been heard from since. Terah’s father worked at a construction company that failed during covid lockdowns and he has heart disease and AIDS which keeps him in bed most of the [...]
Age: 10 Grade: Primary 1 After losing her father in an accident at just 2 years of age and being abandoned by her mother, Jovia was left in the care of her grandmother, along with many cousins. However, after her grandmother's passing, Jovia had to move to distant relatives in Kamonkoli, where [...]
Age: 16 Grade: Secondary 1 Michael lives with his parents and five siblings in extreme poverty. His father is a boda-boda(motorcycle taxi) driver where he earns some money, but not enough to sustain the whole family of seven. Michael pitches in with many chores and helps with his 6 younger siblings whenever [...]
Age: 14 School: Secondary 1 Catherine “Cathy” has never known her mother and lived with her father, a fisherman, until he abandoned her with his parents when Cathy was just 4 years old. Her grandparents struggled with domestic violence in their home and abandoned Cathy four years ago. She has [...]
Age: 21 Grade: University 1 George was growing up in a home in terrible conditions. Both parents are considered very slow and have been unable to do many jobs, though his father manages to work in gardens for neighbors to make a little money. His mother also cannot speak. George and the [...]
