Mama Lucy's Shepherds Junior School

Mama Lucy Kampton is the founder and headmistress of Shepherds Junior School. Mama Lucy used to sell chickens. She saved her income and, in 2003, used it to start a primary school near her home in Tanzania, believing that education is the key to transforming a country gripped by poverty. Her spirit, determination and skill has enabled the school to grow over the last six years from one classroom with fewer than ten students, to a school that now serves more than 300 children at eight grade levels.