My upbringing is very similar to the Hope Shines students so I very easily relate to what they go through on a daily basis and no one is able to do everything on their own. We all need each other.

Theo

Hope Shines Facility Manager

My connection with my child has made me more aware of the challenges she faces, as well as her resilience and determination to meet those challenges. I’m confident my financial and personal support are well placed. Investing in her potential and her future wellbeing is a decision I’m grateful to have made.

Christina

Sponsor

Meet Amani

Fully Sponsored!

Amani is a lovely, polite young boy born in 2007. Amani lives with both parents, 3 brothers and 2 sisters in a small half-cemented house with limited electricity in Kigali in a village called Rwarutabura. His parents work part-time jobs in construction labor. His mother can’t work most of the time due to having health problems as she is HIV positive. However, the family is a stable environment for Amani.

Before enrolling at Hope Shines, Amani was chased out of school many times for not paying school fees and not having scholastic materials. Now that Hope Shines is taking care of these things, Amani is having a better time at school and his grades have improved. Amani’s father is also optimistic for the future. He is happy that Hope Shines supports his son and the family indirectly. With the money they get from work, they are able to provide healthy food for the family.

Amani is a very funny boy, who likes taking selfies at Hope Shines using the staff’s camera’s on their phones. He is also very social and likes to play with the other kids, especially in football (soccer). At school his favorite subject is English and he dreams of becoming a pilot when he grows up.

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