Ayisha Kedir knows that she needs
to do whatever it takes to build her family a better
future. Ayisha and her three children currently live in an
apartment in a very dangerous
neighborhood. They
regularly hear gunshots ring outside their apartment doors,
and
have no sense of comfort or safety in their home.
Mariam Salem is a single mom raising
three teenage boys. The family currently
lives in a small two-bedroom apartment where they have to
share every living space, depriving them all of privacy and
comfort. Rent is also very expensive and
takes up almost half of Mariam’s monthly paycheck— leaving
little room for the basic necessities to take care of her
family.
Mbalou Kaba understands the value
of hard work. She loves her job as a Certified Nursing
Assistant at Orchard Park Health Care Center in