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Meet Trina Chintley

Trina Chintley

We would like to introduce Trina to you, and for you to get to know the journey that led to her becoming part of the Catalyst Foundation – S.H.E Programme, a little bit more. Trina joined the Catalyst Foundation – S.H.E Programme in 2023, as one of our beneficiary’s from the Chibombo district in Zambia. Her favourite subject at school is learning the English language, but dislikes learning Social Studies. Trina’s hobbies include watching Netball, dancing at weddings and taking part in Athletics. Before joining the S.H.E Programme, Trina had numerous barriers that prevented her from going to school and attaining an education. Sadly, she became an orphan at a very young age, and currently lives with her elderly great grandmother and three younger siblings. Her great grandfather unfortunately also passed away from high blood pressure and diabetes, making it very difficult for Trina’s great grandmother to meet the family’s basic needs, as he was the breadwinner.

As a result of the family’s financial instability, and Trina being the  only one to assist her great grandmother with running the household (as she was the eldest child), she was unable to go to school for many days on end. When a nearby community member was able to take over Trina’s duties and help her great grandmother, she was able to return to school, however, she did not have access to stationery supplies, textbooks or a school uniform, making her feel insecure. 

After meeting Trina’s teachers at her school, we found out that her academic ability was exceptional, despite her missing numerous days of school at a time. She is a really hard worker, and has a strong passion to be educated. Her teachers believe that with Catalyst Foundation’s support, she has the potential to accomplish phenomenal results in her exams and achieve great things in her future.

Through our holistic support provided to Trina, we were able to remove all of her barriers, allowing her to go to school and continue with her education. We provided her with new school uniforms, shoes, a school bag, stationery, textbooks, exercise books, sanitary wear and family food hampers. Our health check examinations carried out, identified that Trina had been suffering with severe stomach pains for some time. From this analysis, we were able to address these pains, and now she is perfectly healthy, and pain free.  Trina’s great grandmother now has peace of mind, knowing that all of her needs are taken care of by the Catalyst Foundation, allowing her to now focus on supporting Trina’s siblings as best as she possibly can. 

Since joining the S.H.E Programme, Trina has transformed into a confident individual, and is motivated to continue studying hard to complete her studies with flying colours. Once she finishes her secondary schooling, she has dreams of going to university to become a Nurse.

We asked Trina to share with us in one sentence what the

Catalyst Foundation – S.H.E Programme means to her:

“The Catalyst Foundation is my second family who believe in me.”

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