Leader Stories — Schooling Humans

Engaging the Community

By Vincent

The biggest challenge that I’ve seen with young people is the lack of motivation. Most students go to school because they are told that they should. What do they want to achieve by going to school?

LeaderJoshua HartNovember 30, 2019leader, school, community, students, malawi, zomba, vincent, HIV, AIDS, education, leadershipComment

One Child at a Time

By Francis Folley

I had to leave the school campus at 3:00am to travel about 170km home with my school bags on my head. I didn’t understand any of it. I was very angry. I couldn’t understand why these people were getting rid of me.

LeaderJoshua HartNovember 29, 2019school, community, Malawi, kindergarten, teachers, learners, students, poverty, FolleyComment

Giving Back

By Anca Merrill

I was born in a Hungarian village in Romania with no indoor plumbing. At the age of three I lost a very special person in my life - my mother.

LeaderJoshua HartSeptember 22, 2019Romania, orphanage, kids, leader, mother, adoption, foster, finding hopeComment

Taking Back Control

By L.G.

Because of communism it wasn’t an easy life for us. I was left-handed as a kid but they forced me to be right-handed. They wanted everybody to be the same. The same clothing. Everything the same. It was not a pleasant thing, but as a kid we didn’t understand.

LeaderJoshua HartSeptember 18, 2019Romania, orphanage, abuse, adult, trauma, finding hope, adversity, learning, school, educationComment

I Am Because We Are

By Jeff Robinson

A year and a half after my dad passed away, I was in the bathroom and my fingers started shaking. I knew right away.

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