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Tadala is 17, a young mother, and rides 90 minutes to secondary school. Her bike keeps breaking. $150 would change everything.

Steward is a 13-year-old disabled boy. He can’t go to school. His stepfather rejects him. He needs diapers, clothes, and dignity.

Tryness is 6. Her mother died, her grandfather went to prison for assaulting her sister, her grandmother chose him over the girls. She needs safety, food, and school.

Glory is 2. Her mother had her in secondary school, was shamed out of her community, and is raising Glory alone on piecework.

James is 2 years 10 months old. He had gone 8 days without food when we found him. His mother has a brain condition.

Today we handed out new shoes to children who’ve walked barefoot their whole lives. The smiles say it all.

For $270, a group of 10 widows receives 10 goats. Milk, income, school fees for their kids. Real change.

Miracle is 4, lives with his grandmother, and was born with a brain condition. Another centre turned him away. We said yes.

Chimwemwe is 9, in Standard 4, and missing school because there’s no food at home. His father died. His mother farms to feed six kids.

Prisca’s parents divorced. Her mother left her with a neighbour and never came back. She’s 3.

A 6-year-old who graduated our centre has been pulled from her new school for the deaf. $28 a term would bring her back.

Every child deserves to be digitally literate. We need computers to make that possible.