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Meet the Children

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Age: 5

Gender: Female

Child ID: 1

Melodi

Area: Nyamagana B Village

Melodi is the 2nd born of three children living with their grandmother. She likes Irish potatoes, rice, meat and playing. She helps her grandmother who is very old and has no income. She used to make pots. Her mother and father died of AIDS.

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Age: 4

Gender: Female

Child ID: 4

Beyukusenge

Area: Gatsinsino Village

Beyukusenge stays with her grandmother who is very old and makes pots for a living. Her father is in prison and her mother was killed. She is the last born. She likes to play, sing and dance, eat meat, rice and drink milk.

She doesn’t go to school. She wishes to have clothes and food to eat.

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Age: 5

Gender: Female

Child ID: 6

Bella

Area: Nyamagana B Village

Bella stays with her parents. Her mother washes clothes and father does photography to earn money. She is the 2nd born of three kids.  She likes rice and dancing. She likes praying.

They like attending Bible lessons.  She wishes to be a pastor and musician.

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Age: 9

Gender: Female

Child ID: 8

Rosine

Area: Mugonzi Village

Rosine's parents are both poor. She is the 2nd born of three kids.  She likes rice, playing and singing.

She walks 80 minutes to school. She does well in language-Kinyarwanda. She wishes to be a teacher and animal keeper.

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Age: 8

Gender: Female

Child ID: 11

Shadia

Area: Nyamagana B Village

Shadia is the 2nd born of 4 children. She likes to play and eat rice.  She helps her parents at home. She walks over an hour to school and does very well in Mathematics.

She aspires to be a pilot.

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Age: 7

Gender: Male

Child ID: 13

Geofrey

Area: Nyamagana A Village

Geofrey is the 2nd born of 2 children. He likes to play and eat rice. He carries the water to  home. He walks over an hour to school and does very well in Mathematics .

He aspires to a pilot in future.

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Age: 8

Gender: Male

Child ID: 15

Patrick

Area: Nyamagana B Village

Patrick is the 4th of 6 children. He likes to eat meat. At home he helps to cook meals. He walks over an hour to school and does very well inl language-Kinyarwanda.

He aspires to be a pilot in the future.

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Fina

Age: 5

Gender: Female

Child ID: 17

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Age: 9

Gender: Female

Child ID: 19

Elavanine

Area: Nyamagana A Village

Elevanine is the first born. She likes to study, eati meat, bread and juice. She washes utensils and sweeps at the house. She walks over an hour to school and does well in language-Kinyarwanda. She aspires to be a doctor in the future.

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Age: 7

Gender: Female

Child ID: 22

Christella

Area: Nyamagana B Village

Christella is the 1st born and only child. She likes sambusa, praying and visiting people. She helps her parents to carry water and wash utensils. She walks over an hour to school and does very well in language-Kinyarwanda.

She aspires to be a doctor.

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Age: 8

Gender: Male

Child ID: 24

Fiston

Area: Nyamagana A Village

Fiston is the first born of two. He likes fish, shoes, playing and dancing. He washes utensils and sweeps the house. He walks over an hour to school and does very well in language-Kinyarwanda.

He aspires to be a footballer.

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Age: 6

Gender: Male

Child ID: 26

Divin

Area: Kirambo Village

Divin is the 3rd born of 4 children. He likes meat, chips, and pigs. He helps his parents carry water. It takes him 30 minutes to walk to school and he does well in Mathematics. 

He aspires to be a doctor in future.

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Viany

Area: Nyamagana B Village

Viani is the last born of 3.  He likes clothes, dogs, sweets and meat. He wishes to start school next year.

Age: 5

Gender: Male

Child ID: 28

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Age: 10

Gender: Male

Child ID: 30

Osuald

Area: Nyamagana B Village

Osuald is an orphan. He stays with his grandmother who is poor. 

He is the 1st born of 3. He likes shoes, chips, meat and milk.

He wishes to join school next year.

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Age: 10

Gender: Female

Child ID: 32

Liza

Area: Nyamagana A Village

Liza is the 2nd born of 5. She helps others at home. She likes rice, meat, chips and visiting friends. She walks over an hour to school and  does well in language-Kinyarwanda.

She aspires to be a teacher.

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Age: 6

Gender: Female

Child ID: 34

Age: 6

Gender: Female

Child ID: 34

Leoncie

Leoncie

Area: Gatsinsino Village

Area: Gatsinsino Village

Leoncie is the 1st born of 2. She likes macaroni, meat, bread and rice. She helps others at home. She does well in Mathematics. 

She wishes to be a Netballer (volleyball).

Leoncie is the 1st born of 2. She likes macaroni, meat, bread and rice. She helps others at home. She does well in Mathematics. 

She wishes to be a Netballer (volleyball).

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Age: 5

Gender: Female

Child ID: 3

Hilarie

Area: Nyamagana B Village

Hilarie's parents are poor. They have no job; the father sometimes works as a porter. She is the 1st born out of three children.  She likes rice, meat and dancing.

It takes Hilarie 80 minutes to walk to school. She wishes to be a musician.

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Alpha

Area: Nyamagana B Village

Alpha stays with his grandmother who is very old and poor. He has no mother. He likes to play and eat rice.

He doesn’t go to school and aspires to be a farmer and a driver.

Age: 5

Gender: Male

Child ID: 5

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Age: 5

Gender: Male

Child ID: 7

Kevin

Area: Nyamagana B Village

Kevin stays with his aunt who has a mental disorder. They have no job. There are 5 children in the home. He likes rice, meat, milk and bread. 

It takes him 60 minutes to walk to school. He wishes to be a teacher.

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Age: 7

Gender: Male

Child ID: 9

Olivier

Area: MushirarunguVillage

Olivier's father works in the Village of Hope co-op and hand digs the agricultural products. He is a twin of 5 children at home. He likes rice, meat, milk and bread.

He doesn’t go to school. He aspires to be a driver.

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Age: 6

Gender: Male

Child ID: 12

Heritier

Area: Nyamagana B Village

Heritier is the 1st born of two children. He likes to eat chips. He helps to wash utensils in the home. He walks over an hour to school and does very well in the language Kinyarwanda.

He aspires to be a doctor in future.

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Age: 8

Gender: Female

Child ID: 14

Nadine

Area: Nyamagana A Village

Nadine is an Orphan and stays with her aunt who is poor. 

She is the 4th of 5 children. She likes to eat pawpaw(papaya). She helps her aunt around the house. She walks over an hour to school and her best subject is Mathematics.

She aspires to be a news reporter.

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Age: 10

Gender: Female

Child ID: 16

Ariane

Area: Nyagatovu Village

Ariane is lives with her mother who is very poor. She is the 3rd of 5 children. She like to eat rice helps with the chores at home. She walks over an hour to school and does well in science.

She aspires to be a teacher.

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Age: 10

Gender: Male

Child ID: 18

Bonane

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Age: 8

Gender: Male

Child ID: 21

Paradiso

Area: Nyamagana A Village

Paradiso is the first born. He likes to eat fish and drink milk, as well as, visiting friends and going to church. He helps his siblings.  He walks over an hour to school and does very well in English. He aspires to be a doctor.

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Age: 9

Gender: Male

Child ID: 23

Moses

Area: Nyamagana A Village

Moses is the last born of 5kids. He likes to eat rice, meat, chips and milk. He carries water, sweeps and mops at home. He walks over an hour to school and does well in English.

He aspires to be a footballer.

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Area: Nyamagana A Village

Kevine

Kevine is the 2nd born of two children. She likes rice, meat, chips, milk and mandazis. She walks over an hour to go to school and is good at drawing.

She aspires to be a teacher.

Age: 5

Gender: Female

Child ID: 25

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Age: 10

Gender: Female

Child ID: 27

Claudine

Area: Nyamagana B Village

Claudine is 1st born of 3. She likes sweets, singing, dancing and sleeping on a mattress.  She carries water and does other domestic chores. She does well in language-Kinyarwanda.

She aspires to be a musician.

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Age: 5

Gender: Female

Child ID: 29

Sumaya

Area: Nyamagana A Village

Sumaya is the last born of 4. She likes chocolate, rice, meat, bread and chips. She helps others at home. It takes her 30 minutes to schoo and she does well in English.

She wishes to become a doctor.

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Age: 7

Gender: Male

Child ID: 31

Andre

Area: Nyamagana B Village

Andre is the 2nd born of 3. He likes meat, sweets, chips and playing with others. He helps others at home. He walks over an hour to school and does well in Mathematics.

He aspires to be a pilot.

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Area: Nyamagana B Village

Remy

Remy is the first born and the only child at home. He likes shoes and meat. He walks over an hour to school and does well in Mathematics. 

He aspires to be a doctor.

Age: 5

Gender: Male

Child ID: 33

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Claude

Area: Nyamagana B Village

Area: Nyamagana B Village

Claude is the 1st born of 3. He likes bananas, chips, meat and bread. He helps others at home.

He wishes to start school next year.

Age: 10

Gender: Male

Child ID: 35

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Sponsor A Child

There are many young children living in and around the "Village of Hope" who have little to no chance to attend school.

The reasons are different for each child's family situation, as you read below.  Dufatanye means joins together, Would you like to join together with us and sponsor a childs education monthly with a gift of $25 or more? On the donation page type in "Dufatanye Child ID #" for however many children you would like to help develop into thriving young men and women.

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Area: Nyamagana B Village

Fina lives with her parents who are very poor. She is the last born and the only girl in the family of 3 children. She likes to eat rice.

She wishes to start school next year.

Area: Gatsinsino Village

Bonane is an orphan living with his grandmother who is poor. 

He is the 2nd of 3 children. He likes to eat rice and helps others at home.

He wishes to join school next year.

He aspires to be a businessman in future.

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