At Refugio de Esperanza in Bolivia, the start of a new school year feels like a fresh sunrise. Class schedules are posted, uniforms are pressed, and the house hums with the kind of anticipation only children can create-equal parts excitement, nerves, and big dreams. This year, Director “Mama Gladys” couldn’t stop smiling as…
In Kawempe, one of Kampala’s most challenged communities, back-to-school season carries a weight most of us will never fully understand. For children who have lived on the street-sleeping wherever they can, eating when they can, and surviving danger that no child should ever face-school isn’t just “the next grade.” School is a doorway…