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- A Divine Journey profiles a young change-maker, Divine Mugisha, striving to overcome the hardships of living in extreme poverty. The story follows her heroic journey as she sets out to study psychology to treat depression and prevent suicides in disadvantaged and refugee communities. Divine grew up in extreme poverty, facing hunger and mental health challenges. Despite her struggles, she dedicates her life to creating change. As a young advocate, she started Supportive Pillar, a CBO dedicated to helping youth stay in school. On a mission to address mental health issues, Divine recognizes she must now leave home to pursue her own education so she can better serve her community.
- Evelyne Keomian was deprived of education and slipped into schools in a culture where only boys were educated. Determined, she founded the Karat School Project (KSP) in Côte d'Ivoire to empower the next generation of leaders. After immigrating to the US, she notices families living in vehicles around Silicon Valley who face barriers she once endured. Refusing to be a bystander, Evelyne expands the KSP to educate and empower families to become financially independent. Challenging the education system to help kids without a permanent address to register for school, Evelyne must now prioritize addressing poverty and barriers to education in her home country, and in her new community.
- ShortMaick Mutej is a refugee who lost his family and home fleeing violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. When he arrives at the Dzaleka Refugee Camp in Malawi, he experiences the suffering refugees have long endured at the camp facing food insecurity and lack of jobs, schools and basic necessities. Through his tragedy, he finds his calling to help marginalized refugees and co-founded Ubuntu Nation, a project providing education, healthcare, housing and nutrition to marginalized communities. The project is inspired by the Ubuntu philosophy, "I am because we are," which embraces our shared humanity. After three years of rebuilding his life and impacting thousands of refugees, he is stunned to learn his family is still alive and has been hiding in DRC. He must now decide whether to return to his home country or continue to serve his refugee family who needs him most.