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Umba Mutumbidi Sephora
Our last student profile for the year is Umba Mutumbidi Sephora. She is the youngest of six children, and none of her siblings have been able to study past second grade. Their mother tries to earn money selling recycled products in the streets, but the family has never had enough to pay for school tuition. They
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MOBUSA PALE Bibi
Mobusa Pale Bibi is a very exciting young student who is thriving in school. She lives with her grandmother in Kinshasa because her parents are still in her home village. She was able to go to school for a while with support from a Catholic organization called Caritas; she is one of the only people
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Somolo Djambe Donation
Today’s student profile is Somolo Djambe Donation. We only have one photo and very little information about him so far. He is the youngest of two children and just turned eight years old. His father died some time ago from yellow fever, one of the easily preventable diseases that unfortunately take so many lives in
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Mwamba Katshindja Moïse
Mwamba Katshindja Moïse is an inspiring young man who has overcome extreme obstacles. He is the youngest of three siblings who were thrown out into the street when he was about two years old. In many poorer communities, superstitious behaviors are commonplace and people often blame misfortune on witchcraft. All too often when that misfortune
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Esakabo Jonathan
Esakabo Jonathan was never able to attend school until he was 12 years old. With support from Hope Sparked, he is now beginning his third year of recovery school in hopes of being prepared to enter secondary school. He works very hard, but has no father and gets little support from his family. You can
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Botomali Atiwana Jeannice
Our first profile of the new school year is for Botomali Atiwana Jeannice. Our staff tells us she is always smiling, and all the pictures we have attest to that. This is her fourth year receiving support from Hope Sparked, and she has consistently done well in school. Her father has passed away and her
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Mbedia Seraphi Enock
We have one more student that has been looking for a sponsor since last year. Enock got a very late start in school, but has been excited to have an opportunity to catch up with Hope Sparked and is doing great. Take a look at his profile from last year to learn a bit more
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Ayabo Pale Christine
We have a few students from last year’s fundraiser that have not yet been matched with a sponsor and are looking for support. Christine is one of our most promising students and has shown tremendous personal drive and commitment. Check out her profile from last year and visit our sponsorship page to see how
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Tshimbo Abbe
For those new to Hope Sparked, as part of our summer fundraising campaign we will introduce you to a few students that are looking for a sponsor. These are students that we have helped get back into school, but need to secure a long-term commitment from someone to make sure they won’t have to stop
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2018 Fundraiser!
It’s that time of year again. School is about to begin and we have one month to make sure we raise enough funds to get 25 students in school in Kinshasa. It’s been a rough few years in DRC dealing with political unrest from delayed elections, but we have an opportunity to provide a small
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