Myrna's dad passed away when she was young and her mum left soon afterwards, so she lives with her granny. Myrna goes to a HOPEHIV-funded community kids club in Kanze, Tanzania. When we met her, Myrna and her club had walked down from their mountain village to the gathering of clubs in the area and faced several hours’ walk back uphill.

 

The clubs offer a safe space to play and help orphans and vulnerable children to connect with community. Myrna would like to be a teacher when she’s older but at the moment is struggling to stay at school as the books and stationery she needs are expensive. With HOPEHIV’s support, the clubs are training volunteers and guardians in entrepreneurship and have small revolving loan funds to enable people to start small businesses and help cover costs such as school materials that can make all the difference to children like Myrna.