Joanah Igihozo Hirwa

Five-year-old Joanah and her two siblings reside with their grandparents. She is enrolled in Kageno Nursery School where she is learning to read, pre-write, count, and English.

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Anitha Mucyowimana

Five-year-old Anitha and her siblings live in a family with limited resources. Coming from a single-parent home, her mother struggles to earn an income for her family.

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Phionah Nizeyimana

Five-year-old Phionah and her sibling live with their mother and grandparents. Her mother has a mental disability and contracted HIV while trying to support her family.

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Ange Mukiza

Five-year-old Ange and her two siblings are part of a very poor family. Like her siblings, Ange fell into malnutrition and was admitted into Kageno’s Malnourished Feeding Program.

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Jules Mfura

Five-year-old Jules was born to a single mother who was forced through poverty to trade sex for food. He lives with his grandparents who care for him but have a limited and unstable income.

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Clarisse Mutesi

Five-year-old Clarisse is another child born to a single mother from a very poor family. She attends Kageno Nursery School where she receives breakfast and lunch daily.

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John Nshimiyimana

Five-year-old John is a student at Kageno Nursery School where he is learning prewriting, reading, counting, and English. John was born into a very poor family whom Kageno has assisted by helping them construct a vegetable sack garden.

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Valentin Shema

Five-year-old Valentin grew up in challenging circumstances, without the support and presence of a father. At one, he fell into malnutrition and participated in Kageno’s Malnutrition Program for a year.

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Happy Ishimwe

Five-year-old Happy lives with his single mom and grandparents who have limited resources. He’s enrolled in Kageno Nursery School where he learns reading, prewriting, counting, and English.

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Caleb Myunyeshyaka

Five-year-old Caleb and his seven siblings live in humble conditions. At 18 months, he fell into malnutrition and was enrolled in Kageno’s Malnourished Feeding Program where he remained for nine months.

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Salomon Twayituriki

Four-year-old Salomon is one of nine siblings all attending school in Banda village. The family is very poor. Their source of income and food is through farming for the neighbors.

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Gherishom Niyo

Five-year-old Gherishom is cared for by his single mother and grandparents. He is enrolled at Kageno Nursery School where he receives a pre-primary education as well as breakfast and lunch daily.

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Ella Uwayezu

Five-year-old Ella is being raised by her very elderly grandmother with very limited finances. So while still a very young child herself, Ella has taken on the role of companion and caregiver for her grandmother.

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