Prim is 33 years old. She is married with four children and has minimal education.  She happily describes her culinary training achievement as “regaining her self-dignity and worth as a woman.”  Prim lost both parents at an early age and she had to leave school. She faced sexual, physical and psychological abuse, resulting in an early marriage.  She hoped to find happiness and self-worth as a person, but the reality of her marriage was domestic violence and being called “useless” by her husband.

Prim has longed for a skill which would make her useful to her family and community, so being selected for culinary training was a “dream come true and the best thing that has ever happened in her life.”  After completing her training, she received a micro-finance loan to start her own business.  She bought an oven, rented a room, and began making bread.  Prim is now able to contribute to running her home and, because of COVID-19, she has gained respect from her husband because he has been out of work and turned to her for support.  There is now peace in her home, no further domestic violence. Her kids do not go to bed hungry.  After experiencing this life transformation, Prim wishes all Kids First mothers to be able to gain a skill. She is anxious to begin helping as many mothers as possible with culinary training.

​Livingstone happily says this has been the best year of his life no matter what is currently happening in the world.  He never dreamed he would have an opportunity to get a secondary education let alone being boarded at a good school.  He says this opportunity has given him hope that everything is possible in life and he is not going to let COVID-19 ruin his dreams.  He was enrolled in school at the beginning of this year and before schools were shut down, he passed his school football team trials and was accepted into the team.  He is not allowed to play soccer in the school field yet, but he seeks out empty spaces to play with his friends.  Livingstone is happy that, together with his family, they have been able to receive food from the government and he continues his school lessons from different television stations.  He misses his new school, new friends, and expresses sincere gratitude to his sponsor, Tom, from Suttons Bay for supporting him.