Juliet’s story is an example of determination and perseverance. Raised only by her mother, she attended school through grade 9, when her mother became ill. She left school in 2003 due to lack of financial resources, eventually married and now has four children. Several years ago, she began taking vocational training classes at the Kaoma […]
Maggie Indopu Wamunyima, Country Director, WISE Zambia “I was raised in a small village in the Kaoma District in Western Province, Zambia. Growing up, I lived with my parents and eight siblings, along with other extended family members in a traditional African household. We had to walk nearly four miles to elementary school each morning. […]
Beauty is from Luampa District, west of Kaoma, where she grew up as an orphan with four siblings. Her older sister raised her and she was able to attend Luampa Primary School through Grade 7. Once her sister married, they moved to Kaoma and Beauty attended Sishekanu School for 2 years, only because her sister […]
