While construction was underway, the GSF Scholarship Director (shown below) worked to identify children for the scholarship program. Mapendo, age 6, was our first identified student. She was a rape victim currently receiving treatment at the local hospital, DOCS. Her scholarship will provide her with ten years of free schooling, materials, uniforms, and access to the Fund’s numerous programs.

The GSF works with local orphanages, churches, women’s groups, and hospitals to identify students who have been orphaned or severely impoverished by war or disease but who are also in a form of foster care that can provide stability throughout the years of schooling.