April 2008 Edition

Jacques Bwira, a community leader and refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo, started Hope Primary School to give free education to the refugee children living in Kampala, Uganda, helping them make the first steps towards integrating with the Ugandan society.

Yohani Petero Kayinamura takes homeless children off the streets of Rwanda through the Umuryango Children’s Network. By providing them with love, shelter and education, Yohani hopes to rehabilitate and transform the young minds to become active members of society.

A pioneer of the MJAFT! Movement in Albania, Besjan Pesha has inspired a new generation of active citizens, who are changing the Albanian political landscape towards achieving good governance.

Affectionately called the “Mother Teresa of Bihar,” Sister Sudha Varghese is delivering a respectable livelihood to Dalits in the most rural parts of India, by providing basic education and health services

After 6 years working in international organizations in Tibet, Tsering Perlo now dedicates himself to inspiring a new generation of young Tibetans to rediscover and preserve the Tibetan cultural heritage.