Learn More<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\nFor most of her life, Olive, 22, cared for her two younger brothers. Together, the family survived by finding work on farms.<\/span><\/p>\nWhen farm jobs didn\u2019t provide their basic needs, Olive and her brothers begged or stole, which often led to conflict with the neighbors and relatives.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nThe siblings gained a bad reputation and were not welcome in community gathering spaces or at events, further adding to their sadness and isolation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nThis is how Olive turned her life and her story around with Zoe Empowers. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We have long known the empowerment model successfully gives orphaned children the resources and training to become self-sufficient, but Zoe Empowers participants like Olive are now proving the model is also pandemic proof. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":209632,"template":"","categories":[40,43],"tags":[75],"class_list":["post-209631","video_gallery","type-video_gallery","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-zoe-children","category-zoe-impact","tag-rwanda"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/video_gallery\/209631"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/video_gallery"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/video_gallery"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}