1,247 lives, and counting.

“Baba found me sleeping in the corridor with my luggage because I had no place to stay. He took me home, gave me a room, and kept me in school for three years. I never asked him how he afforded it.”

“Mama stayed with me the night before my final paper. I was shaking. She didn't say anything. She just sat there until I fell asleep. I have never forgotten that.”

“We nearly separated in 2019. They didn't take sides. They kept asking us questions until we found our own answers. We celebrate eight years next March.”

“Baba's chair at the front pew will never be filled by anyone else. We have tried not to replace it.”

“Mama called to check on my daughter every term for four years. Not once did she ask for anything in return. I kept waiting for the ask. It never came.”

“Every Sunday, Baba shook my hand like it was the most important thing he had done all week. For me, it was.”

“She told me I was going to be fine three weeks before my exams. I had failed twice before. She didn't qualify it. She just said it. I was.”

“They prayed over us at our wedding. Twenty-two years later we remember what they said word for word. Some things you don't forget.”

“Baba told me the truth about my character in a way nobody had ever dared to. And then he stayed to help me fix it. That is rare.”

“When my father died and I had nobody to turn to, Mama said: 'Come and stay.' I stayed three months. She never charged me and never made me feel like a burden.”

“Twenty-five years is not a school term. It is a generation. And they gave it, without holding back.”

“I came to GOMAL broken. I left with direction. I owe Baba and Mama more than I can say.”