Evasia
Evasia is the newest BooksOpen Scholar (enrolled in Primary 1 in June, 2009). Evasia is an orphan who lived with her widowed grandmother and cousins in a two room, beat-down brick structure on the outskirts of Himo. In recent years following her husband’s death, Evasia’s grandmother was evicted several times and her home and compound demolished by local property owners who claimed that she didn’t have legal rights to it now that her husband was dead. After the government intervened to reinstitute her rights, she returned to raise four orphaned grandchildren, including Evasia. Evasia’s grandmother is considered to be one of the worst-off by the community, and BooksOpen supporters have done her a great service by enrolling her smart, outgoing, and cheerful granddaughter in boarding school across town.
*Update (November, 2011): Evasia is making great strides as a young student–happy, confident, and enthusiastic.
