EMMANUEL – Age 29, church
    evangelist

    “In 1994, I had almost finished
    primary but then the war came
    and I had to stop. My parents died
    and I wanted to help people stay
    faithful to God, so I became an
    evangelist. I wish I could go to
    seminary, but I don’t have good
    English or French skills.

    “In our parish, maybe our biggest
    problem is that 70% of the
    people, both young and old,
    haven’t had enough school. We
    hope to start a kindergarten soon
    to help the next generation. We
    need adult education, too, to help
    people who had to quit school or
    who couldn’t afford to go. Some
    need help with basic reading and
    writing and others need more
    advanced skills.”
    ESPERANCE – age 36, mother
    of three

    “My kids now are 18, 16 and 13.
    We were in Tanzania but then we
    had to leave. My kids said, ‘Mama,
    you can’t go to school while we go
    to school!’ so I waited. But now I
    think it would be a good time for
    me to go back to school. I think
    now many people want to get
    more education.”


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