Kindergarten

Esperance A.

Being an orphan, Esperance took care of her siblings from an early age and developed a passion for this task. When Esperance graduated from high school, she began tutoring children in her neighborhood for free after school, when one day a tragic incident occurred. A young girl was raped in Esperance's neighborhood when she was home alone while her parents were at work. This event affected Esperance so much that from then on she asked the parents in the neighborhood to leave the children with her when they went to work. She eventually started her own kindergarten with 5 children.

Project ID

348

Country / City

Rwanda / Kigali

Jobs at the start

4

additional potential jobs

10

entrepreneur sponsorship

Training and coaching CHF 250 per month for two years

Project description

Esperance is a health counselor in the community and one of her tasks is to look after pregnant mothers. This enables her to build trusting relationships with parents in her community and gain new clients. Around 45 children now attend her kindergarten. Esperance encourages the children with creativity and teaches them the basics of writing, arithmetic and handicrafts through practical exercises. Esperance is a visionary leader and has a vision to create a curriculum that incorporates different education systems depending on what her clients deem important for their children.

Esperance is excited to join BPN to develop her skills in marketing, people management, finance and governance to grow her business. She embraces challenges and brings good entrepreneurial values.

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Caroline Flück

Philanthropy Manager
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caroline.flueck@bpn.ch