This is an excerpt from: WLWT5 News – Cincinnati
Foreign-born women from across the country are getting invaluable help from a nonprofit based in West Chester.
Women Walking West is working to help foreign-born adult women afford access to quality education in the United States by paying for tuition and providing mentorship.
The idea of the American dream is close to Manirambona Ernestine’s heart. She is a current participant in the program.
“We [family] spent over 10 years in refugee camps in Tanzania,” Ernestine said. Education became her key to success in life.
“I went to high school. It was tough because I didn’t speak English. The education that I had in (the) refugee camp was not good. It was just to get by,” Ernestine said.
