Fatma recently turned 16 and is the youngest of three children. She lives in Zanzibar with both her parents whom she looks up to with great admiration. Fatma is first in her class hopes to become a pediatrician and focus on helping children with malaria. Fatma has an inquisitive nature, brilliant work ethic, and continual yearning to learn.

Fatma understands the problems facing Zanzibar and appreciates the tourism it receives as it boosts their economy. More insightful is the fact she realizes how tourism can bridge the gap between Zanzibar and the rest of the world. Her desire to learn from other cultures is shown by her ambition to visit China. Here she wishes to learn their different culture and observe how the students there differ from those in Zanzibar.

Zuwena is one of six children and lives with her mother and her father. Her mother stays at home and her father is a dala dala driver. Zuwena’s favorite subjects are biology and geography. Zuwena hopes to attend university to become a pediatrician.

She is a supporter of state-funded education, as she feels without it many people would have to sell their houses to put students through university. Before the scholarship her family would have been dependent on government funding for her to attend a university. Zuwena would like to travel to Norway because she has heard the citizens have stability and peace in their development. If Zuwena were to travel there, she would like to bring back knowledge to better her own community.