Mwajuma Abdallah, 13, is one of three children (she has one older brother and one younger brother). She lives in the Dar Fatimah Center Orphanage in Iringa Town. In 2003, when Mwajuma was 6-years-old, her mother died. Just one year later, her father, who had attended secondary school, also died.

Mwajuma believes an education will gain her respect in the community. She aspires to be a doctor so that she may treat sick people and save their lives.