Grace is learning English

Thanks to your donation, Grace is attending intensive English classes on Saturdays and Sundays this fall. Grace is 15 years old and in her first year of lower secondary school in Rwanda. She has six brothers and four sisters.

Because the Rwandan schooling system has recently switched to English-based classes, students must improve their English skills in order to succeed academically. Grace is from an impoverished area of Rwanda, which was hit hard by the genocide. Few students from her village have the opportunity to move on to upper secondary school and English skills are critical in order to succeed on the national exam, which determines entrance into upper secondary school.

In her free time, Grace likes to play soccer.  She also loves to practice speaking and writing English in her intensive weekend classes, and science is one of her favorite subjects in school. Grace hopes to be a nurse one day, so she works hard at her classes. Thanks to your support, she will have the English skills that she needs to succeed in school and in life!