Nyirandungutse Solange teaches knitting, crocheting and basket working at CE.FO.P.S. She was born in 1977 into a family of six children. After secondary school, she completed a three year technical education program. During the Genocide of 1994 (in which one of her brothers was killed and another dissapeard) she fled as a refugee into Congo. As a means of survival, she got married but was divorced one year later. Her husband left her and their two-month old child. In 1996 she returned to Rwanda to rejoin her family. In 2002 her father died of complications related to AIDS. Currently, she lives with her 10 year old child, mother, younger sister and brother.

Ahobantegeye Odette teaches household repair (bricolage) at CE.FO.P.S. Fives years after finishing primary school, she completed a three year technical education program. In 1989 she lost her mother. In 1991 she was married but her husband was killed in 1998, during the years of civil unrest following the Genocide of 1994. Her father died in 2002. She currently lives with her three children and three brothers.

Ndayambaje Evarist is a teacher, without pay, of electricity at CE.FO.P.S. He born in 1980 into a family of four children. During the Genocide of 1994, he fled as a refugee into Goma (Congo) where he stayed for a week. While there, he was unable to find the brother with whom he had fled from Rwanda. When he returned to Rwanda, he was able to find his younger brother, younger sister, and parents. After two months (September of 1994) he father was put into prison and remained there until 1997. Evarist was able to resume studies that had been interrupted because of the war and finished both primary and secondary school. In 1997 and 1998, both his father and mother were killed in the north of Rwanda, during the intense civil unrest that followed the Genocide of 1994. In 1999, he returned to school and finished his studies with an A-level diploma in electricity. Today he lives with his younger brother and sister.

Nishimwe Christophe is a teacher, without pay, of masonry and drawing/drafting. He was born in 1980 as one of eight children. At the time of the genocide in 1994, he had to stop his studies and flee as a refugee to Congo. While there, he was able to finish his second year of secondary school. He returned to Rwanda in December of 1996. In 1997 and 1998, he lost his parents and five younger brothers and sisters during the civil unrest that followed the Genocide of 1994. In 2002, he finished his studies and earned an A-level diploma in construction. Today he lives with his older brother in the house their parents left to them.