The Smile of a Proud Mother

This is the smile of a mother watching her daughter achieve a dream once unimaginable. Kandava fled Burundi with her children and rebuilt her life in Rwanda’s Mahama refugee camp, where she now runs a small wedding attire business. Her daughter, Irishura, was in grade 9 when they fled. She continued her education in the camp, earned a scholarship and is now studying at the University of Oxford. From the UK, she sends clothes home to help grow her mother’s business. From a refugee camp to Oxford, their story shows what opportunity can do. It can change th… Video by YouTube channel.