Bercia lives with her mother. As a little child, she liked to play with the ball and different local games together with her cousins. She loved to listen to the stories her parents told her, especially the one about her grandparents, the life they lived and how Grandpa lost his life in war. Recently her grandmother passed away. She was her best friend and she misses her a lot. Bercia is an intelligent girl and would like to be deputy at the parliament to defend the children of her country. She is asthmatic since she was a little girl. Her father is living in Maputo, the capital, to get treatments, as he has severe tuberculosis. Life is ruff, and the family struggles to get regular meals. She misses him and her siblings, as they are living in different families due poverty they are living in.

Nafisa Ahmed Mohamed is from Burco, Somaliland. She has 29 siblings. Her favorite subject is English. Outside of class, she enjoys reading, and proudly states that she reads for two hours everyday. In the future, Nafisa wants to be a doctor because she wants to help people. For fun, she plays basketball in the afternoons.