Secilia, one of TCF’s scholarship students, grew up in Oldeani town with six siblings. While in her final year of secondary school, Secilia Kalisti witnessed a mother in her village go into labor and immediately wished she knew how to help.

Meet the 2021 Class of Student Teachers!

Meet five former Student Teachers who have since come back to serve the community that made their dreams possible

Nina Lawrence, 21 years old and never without her knitting needles or sketchpad, dreams of being a pharmacist. Since primary school, science was Nina’s subject of choice. 

As we watched Paskalina Karoli approach the graduation stage at Oldeani Secondary School to accept yet another award for her achievements, we were reminded of the road she took to reach this proud moment.

Today, more than 90 students have earned their degrees through the support of TCF and our Student Teacher Program. 

Bright, ambitious, and oozing with talent, we couldn’t say no to Jacob and his dreams.

The difference between Juliana Andrea and the other success stories we have shared with you is that we didn’t have a direct hand in helping Juliana accomplish her dreams of graduating from college with a Nursing Assistants degree.

For most of Sinora’s life, all she heard was people telling her “no.” Like many other young girls living in the developing world, she grew up in a system that always seemed to be working against her.