Grantees with Sponsors

Thank you to Annies’ Full Sponsor, Nikki Asao!

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Annie lives in a rural village with her single Mom and 8 siblings. None of her sisters have managed to complete school due to early pregnancy or financial challenges. When she is home from boarding school on the holidays she helps her mom watering their dry season garden or farming to provide for the family.

Thank you to Thelma’s Full Sponsors, Reneta and Mark McCarthy!

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Thelma is serious and committed to education as a way towards a brighter future. She lives in a simple home with her single Mother and two siblings. Her older sister failed to complete school and Thelma is the family’s hope. She is very dedicated to succeeding for herself and her family.

Thank you to Hellen’s Full Sponsors, Reneta and Mark McCarthy!

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Hellen is assertive and actively sought sponsorship from our office, without support from her parents. Her Mother passed away when she was young and she lives with her Father and Step Mother. She has to do all the housework at home and care for her five younger siblings. Her family lives without electricity in a simple home where sometimes they face hunger. She has been very committed to school and the Bakashana program.

Thank you to Gift’s Full Sponsors, Reneta and Mark McCarthy!

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Gift is a dedicated pupil who loves Math. She is supported by her single Mom who cares for Gift and three other children. They stay in a grass-thatched house and sometimes fail to meet their basic needs. Due to her commitment and the family’s poor living conditions, Gift has been kept at our Boarding house since 2023.

Thank you to Juliet’s Full Sponsor, Julie Pate!

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Juliet is a hard-working student living in Mungwi District. She started Grade 10 in 2023 at St. Anthony Secondary School. She lives alone with her mother, but she has a second family here with Bakashana. After graduating, she dreams of studying medicine and becoming either a doctor or a nurse.

Thank you to Blessing’s Full Sponsors, Bev and Jarred Voos!

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Blessing is one of five siblings who stay at home with their single mother. After discovering Bakashana, she wants to become a positive role model and encourage other young girls to continue their education.

Thank you to Tracy’s Full Sponsor, Beth Morgan!

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Tracy is from Chiba, Kasama, but she has recently been selected to attend Kanyanta Boarding School. With the help of Bakashana, she hopes to complete secondary school and fulfill her dreams. She is very committed to her education and is working to become a doctor.

Thank you to Mercy’s Full Sponsor, who prefers to remain Anonymous!

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After Mercy’s father died in an auto accident, she stopped attending school due to a lack of funding. A friend told her about Bakashana, and after a week, the same friend escorted Mercy and her mother to our office. After passing the interview process, we were delighted to offer a scholarship.

Thank you to Ireen’s Full Sponsors, Tristar and Scott Egermayer!

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Ireen is highly determined! Due to her academic prowess, we offered to send her to a Boarding school when we first met her in 2020, and again when she passed grade 9 in 2021. She is committed to her elderly Grandmother who supports her, and knows that Grandma would have a hard time completing basic tasks if Ireen went to a Boarding School. Until last year, she had the support of her Grandfather as well, who was a pensioner, but unfortunately, he passed away in early 2022. Ireen is self-motivated and determined and will go far with your support!

Thank you to Faith’s Full Sponsor, Inutu Liam!

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Faith Chanda is a very strong and determined little girl. In 2019, her Mother brought her to our offices. At the time she was only four years old. Faith’s Mom has always known in her heart that this girl needs to be in school. After multiple surgeries to correct her club feet, braces on her growing little legs, and years of physio therapy to help her learn to walk, Faith is ready to enter grade 1 in 2022.

Faith’s Father suffers from the same condition. Through hard work and a strong partnership, Faith’s parents have been able to meet the basic needs of their family, living together in a grass thatched house in a shanty compound outside of Kasama Town. Faith is attending a Boarding School for special pupils which is run by the Catholic Church here in Kasama. Learn more about Faith’s journey

Thank you to Theresa’s Full Sponsor, Inutu Liam!

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Theresa describes herself as “a learner with big dreams”. She scored the highest on her grade 7 national exams of any of our 2021 bursary applicants. She dreams of becoming a medical doctor.

Thank you to Trinah’s Full Sponsor, Jennifer Lukomski!

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Trinah Mutale will graduate high school in 2024. She is a hard working young woman who has really persisted to make it as far as she has. She lives with her single Mom and the family does not have access to electricity, which makes it hard for Trinah to study sometimes. She say the thing that makes her most happy in life is school.

Thank you to Loveness’ Full Sponsors, Tristar and Scott Egermayer!

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Loveness Mwansa lost her hearing after falling ill with Malaria when she was 12. Soon after, she lost her parents as well. Having had her hearing up to that point put her at an advantage in terms of learning as compared to those pupils who are born deaf. She came to our program soon after losing her hearing and we put her in a special school for the deaf. She currently attenda an even better school in Copperbelt, where she has been appointed as the leader of her class. She is incredibly intelligent and her bright smile lights up any room. When she is not in school she is kept by her Aunt and Grandfather, She will graduate grade 12 in 2024. Learn more about Loveness.

Thank you to Patience’s Full Sponsors, Tristar and Scott Egermayer!

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Patience Konkola is being kept by her Grandmother who keeps and cares for 9 of her grandchildren who have lost their parents. They live in a house which is unfinished, and in which they are able to stay rent-free to look after the property while the one constructing it finds money to complete it and rent it out. Patience is exceptionally bright and active. Here she is pictured in costume as she performed traditional dance for our 2021 Independence Day celebration. Patience attends the finest girl’s school in Kasama and walks more than an hour each way to get there. She will graduate grade 12 in 2024.

Thank you to Dyness’ Full Sponsor, Jane Eddy!

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Dyness Mutale has been with our program since grade 8 when she was brought by one of her former teachers. She comes from a very rural place in Mungwi District. We saw that her home situation was not conducive and that she would benefit from a greater learning institution, and we sent her to Kasama girls. After she passed her grade 9 exams, we acknowledged that she would benefit from increased self-confidence and assertiveness. For this reason, we pulled her from Kasama Girls and brough her here to our boarding house so that she could be closely mentored by our staff and other girls in boarding. She will graduate grade 12 in 2024.

Thank you to Graces’s Educational Benefactor, Inutu Liam!

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Grace will graduate in 2022. She has been with Bakashana program since 2015. She stands out as a committed and active member of our program, as well as our Girls Leading our World Club. She describes herself as a “strong girl” and has ambition to be a Journalist. Her hobbies include reading about other people’s history.

Thank you to Emily’s Educational Benefactor, Inutu Liam!

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Mwango will graduate in 2022. She is unlike any young lady who we have ever had the pleasure of providing assistance to. She consistently ranks number one in her class and her incredible intellect will take her as far as her circumstances allow. She lost her mother when she was four and has never known her biological father.