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Ruth is a student from Tanzania who needs $120 to fund her education.

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Ruth Gadau
I am Ruth Israel Gadau, and I study at Lugalo Secondary School. I live with both my parents: my father, who works for an agency, and my mother, who is an entrepreneur. One of the challenges I faced was when my father became ill, and we had to spend a lot of money on his treatment. Another challenge was needing more learning materials, like textbooks. From these experiences, I learned that life could change at any moment, and I need to study hard to help my parents and educate my younger brother and sister.
I felt proud when I scored A in chemistry, biology, and civics. My dream is to become a cardiologist and treat heart problems. I plan to achieve this dream by studying hard. Afterward, I will help my family by ensuring my younger siblings receive a good education. I also plan to build a hospital under The School Fund, where members of the organization can work to treat sick people. Additionally, I want to volunteer by helping select other students to join The School Fund.

Birthday: 2011

Gender: Female

Favorite Classes: mathematics, chemistry, physics and biology

Favorite Books: mabala the farmer

I Want to Be: cardiologist

Hobbies: reading books

Family: father, mother, 1 brother, 1 sister, 1 grandfather, 1 grandmother

O-Level School: Lugalo Secondary School

Funding for Form 2 2025:
Tuition, Exams, Uniform   $120

TOTAL   $120
Ruth's Journal
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Hello family đź‘‹
I hope all of you are doing fine. At this moment let me share a story with you :

🌸 The Threads of Maisha

In the misty highlands of Ushoni, where mountains wore shawls of morning fog and rivers whispered lullabies to sleeping valleys, lived a young weaver named Maisha. The village was famed for its vibrant textiles, woven not just with threads but with memory—every fabric a tapestry of love, pain, laughter, and hope.

But Maisha wove differently. She chose pale tones—soft blues, muted greys, washed-out lavenders. Her creations didn’t burst with celebration; they whispered healing. The elders watched in silence as her hands worked—always quiet, always listening.

It was said Maisha hadn’t spoken in years. Not since the fire.

Years ago, a blaze had swept through Ushoni, devouring maize fields and homes, including Maisha’s family hut. She lost her parents to smoke and flame, and her voice to grief. The only thing that remained was her loom, half-burnt but upright. From that day onward, she wove silence into softness. And those who wrapped themselves in her cloths said they slept deeper, dreamed kinder, and cried less.


🔥 The Day Everything Tore

One harvest season, misfortune returned. A second fire—fiercer, unexpected—ravaged Ushoni. This time, it reached Maisha’s workshop. Her fabrics turned to ash, her walls crumbled, and the scent of smoke replaced that of wild jasmine in the air.

Villagers gathered to mourn their losses, their voices rising like sorrowful thunder. Yet Maisha did not cry. She wandered to the edge of the river, where charred leaves floated like dark petals. Sitting there, hands empty, she watched.

As dusk fell, a child approached—holding a shredded blanket, its once bright patterns faded and singed.

“Can you fix this?” the child asked, gently placing it in her lap.

Maisha ran her fingers across the weave. She didn’t nod. But that night, by moonlight and with trembling hands, she began to re-stitch—one thread at a time.


🌀 Stitching Stories

Word spread like wind. Soon others brought her pieces of what they had lost: a broken drumskin, a torn scarf, a burnt baby sling.

Maisha wove tirelessly. But this time, her patterns changed.

She stitched spirals to symbolize renewal, droplets for forgiveness, flames not for destruction but memory. Her muted tones grew brighter—sunrise orange, river green, ember red, twilight purple. The village saw their hopes mirrored in cloth.

What she created wasn’t just fabric. It was transformation.

Her shawls warmed grieving mothers. Her banners flew over rebuilt homes. Her cloth strips bound wounds and decorated newborn cradles. And slowly, the hush of sorrow turned into gentle hums of healing.


🕊 The Last Loom

Years passed. Ushoni blossomed again—not just in crops and buildings, but in spirit. Maisha aged quietly, never once regaining her voice. But her eyes still shone with listening.

One evening, as the sun spilled gold across the valley, Maisha sat by the river—loom before her, hands steady. From beneath a wrapped bundle, she pulled a shimmering thread—the last one she had saved, found years ago in the ash of her family’s home.

She wove through the night, and by dawn, a cloth emerged unlike any before. It held no distinct pattern, no familiar symbol—yet it glowed softly, pulsing like memory. Pale at first, it bloomed into hues never seen. Some said the fabric shimmered between emotions—between joy and sorrow, longing and peace.

She walked to the village square, placed the cloth gently at the center, and with a voice fragile but firm, whispered her first words in decades:

“This is ours. Carry it gently.”

Then she returned to the river’s edge, sat beside her loom, and closed her eyes. No one saw her again—but her cloth, now called The Heart Weave, became Ushoni’s treasure. A living story of quiet resilience.


🪷 Messages Threaded Through

- Healing doesn’t need sound—sometimes, silence carries the deepest compassion.
- Art transforms grief into legacy.
- Shared sorrow becomes strength when carried together.
- The softest hands can stitch the strongest futures.

Wish you all the best in your studies 💗❤️
Hello family,
I hope that you're fine and I'm fine too.today I would like to share with you that form one and three they have closed the school.but form 2 and 4 we will not close the school we will continue studying although there Will be sports .Head master told us that if there will have alot of noises we will close untill the day of opening the school.and if the noises are not disturbing the class when learning we will continue.
Thanks and have a great day.
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