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June 24, 2025
Impact Story
Rose Victor’s first time ever stepping into a classroom was in September 2021. She had just fled South Sudan hoping for a better life in Canada and had no schooling whatsoever.
“In my country I cannot go to school,” she says. “I was a farmer in my country.”
A farmer and an orphan, she says, with no opportunity for an education after her family passed. So, it was quite the shock – culture and otherwise – when she started LINC classes at TIES.
“My first teacher, Donna (Clarke), asked, ‘Rose, how are you?’” she recounts. “I’m scared to talk. I’m scared. I’m quiet.”
The classroom setting was completely alien to Rose. She had never even held a pencil or pen. “I write like this,” she demonstrates. “My teacher helped me a lot.”
Rose persevered through online classes during the pandemic and in-person classes since and is now in Literacy 3/4 full-time. Her accomplishments may seem small to some, but to her they’re huge.
“I can go to bank. I can go to my children’s school. Doctor appointments. I can fill out forms,” she says proudly. And she’s not done yet. She plans to continue her education and eventually get a job.
As for her English language skills…“I now talk too much,” she laughs.
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