Remember Kamala-Jean?
She’s the Toronto woman who — exactly two years ago — met a young vendor in a South African market, and proceeded to help transform not only Happy’s life, but the life of his community back home in Malosa, Malawi.
Between Happy’s leadership in his community in Malosa, and Kamala-Jean’s guidance, personal philanthropy and fundraising back in Toronto, the first school was built last year. Three times the number of children they expected were enrolled.
And now there’s more great news!
It starts with this photo. Kamala-Jean explains:
“After Happy sent me the photos with two little girls in blue uniform dresses, I thought: maybe the women could learn to sew and make uniforms and earn funds sewing for others in the community. So I suggested it to Happy and immediately he responded.
“The women were interested — 40 signed up for sewing and literacy classes and agreed…
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“Build it and they will come”, it seems! A wonderful account of a great person!
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This is a wonderful, inspiring, uplifting post. Thank you for sharing this Bernadette. I left a comment for Cynthia as well. 🙂
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Bernadette, you always amaze, delight, and inspire me with the ‘finds’ you share. You are an inspiration to me. Thank you.
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Thank you so much Margo. There are so many amazing women on our planet. I wish I could talk about each and every one of them.
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Fantastic post about the inspiration, courage, and strength that occurs when we think about others, and show kindness, compassion, and hard work!
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This is so encouraging at a time when so much of the news is so dreadful. Thanks for the link to the full post.
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Love this story, Bernadette! It sounds like Happy is the perfect name for this gentleman. Imagine how happy he is having accomplished all this! Thank you for posting.
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You are right Elizabeth. He must be busting with happiness to have been the conduit for so much positive change for his village.
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