The Grit Behind the Grin - A Mother's Day CollectionWhen we met Rose, her husband had already left. She was raising eight children alone: eight mouths to feed plus her own, on one meal a day. Water carried from the river. School fees she couldn’t cover. Medical bills...

The Grit Behind the Grin - A Mother's Day CollectionWhen we met Veronika, she was 30 years old, a mother of six, and one of the most resourceful women we’d ever encountered. She never learned to read — but that didn’t hold her back. The woman in front of us had more...

The Grit Behind the Grin - A Mother's Day CollectionWhen you first see Susan, you notice her smile. It’s the kind of smile that makes it hard to imagine everything she has carried to get here. But it wasn’t always this way. Ten children. One bedroom. A small garden...