Imagine if this were your life

Students in the International Samaritan scholarship program are growing up next to city garbage dumps in developing nations. Life is often all about survival! They face many tough decisions, including the ones in the stories below. If you were in the same situation, what would you do?

Choose your own path. What would you do if faced with these same choices?

These stories have multiple outcomes! Unlike in real life, in these stories, you can go back and see what it would have been like if you had chosen a different path. While these stories are fictional, they’re based on the real-life experiences of multiple students in the International Samaritan scholarship program. The photos in each story depict actual scholars, volunteers, and team members. At the end of each story, you’ll meet some real-life team members and scholars.