Ornella lives with her mother, father and one sibling. At home Ornella helps with caring for siblings and gathering firewood. Ornella's favourite activities and interests include dancing, dolls, playing hide and seek and sunday school/church.

Overall, poverty in Rwanda is declining since the devastating genocide in 1994. But millions still struggle to meet their daily needs and close to a third of the population don’t have access to basic sanitation services. Around 45 per cent of the population are under 18-years-old, making it even more critical to help Rwandan children break the cycle of poverty.