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Children and learners in a LIPACE community program
Stories of Change

Behind Every Change Is a Story

Our impact comes to life through the people and communities we work alongside. These are stories of learning, resilience, opportunity, and what becomes possible when people have the support to shape their own futures.

Agnes Jimmy celebrating her high school graduation
Story 1 · Second Chance

From Never Holding a Pencil to High School Graduate

Agnes Jimmy

Agnes Jimmy entered LIPACE’s Second Chance program at age nine having never attended school. Eight years later, she completed high school and her story is still being written.

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Marthaline Gibson, who built her own business through literacy and livelihood training
Story 2 · Literacy & Livelihoods

From Borrowed Capital to Building a Business

Marthaline Gibson

For Marthaline Gibson, learning to read and gaining livelihood skills opened the door to something more: the confidence and ability to take greater control of her family’s economic future.

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Koko S. Johnson, a Second Chance facilitator and project supervisor
Story 3 · From Learner to Leader

Turning Opportunity into Leadership

Koko S. Johnson

Koko S. Johnson knows what it means for education to come later than it should. Years later, that experience would lead him back to the classroom, not as a student, but as someone helping other children find their own second chance.

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Change Is Built Together

Every story begins with opportunity and grows through the determination of people, communities, and partners working together.