Plankanation Voices

Stories that build a movement.

Every roof raised begins with a story told. Read what the community is sharing - and add yours.

The Perrys: A Home for a Visually Impaired Family
A Life Changed

The Perrys: A Home for a Visually Impaired Family

When the Plankanation met the Perrys in 2020, the family had walls - but barely. Donors stepped in to build, paint and fully furnish a house they could finally call safe.

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Solaine Anderson & Son: A Mother's New Start
Acts of Kindness

Solaine Anderson & Son: A Mother's New Start

A young single mother and her son moved into a finished home in 2020 - orange walls, white goods, and the quiet dignity of a place that's truly theirs.

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Ratty's Family: Orphan Children & Their Elderly Carers
Community Heroes

Ratty's Family: Orphan Children & Their Elderly Carers

In 2021 donors rebuilt a two-storey home for orphan children and the grandparents raising them - a roof that turned a struggling household into a future.

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Quame & Son: A Visually Impaired Father Finds Home
A Life Changed

Quame & Son: A Visually Impaired Father Finds Home

Quame, a visually impaired single father, and his young son were handed the keys to a freshly painted blue home in 2021 - built and furnished by donors he had never met.

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Nurse Avagaye Dillon
Paying It Forward

Nurse Avagaye Dillon

Avagaye walked across the NCU stage in 2024 as a fully qualified nurse - her tuition and subsistence carried, semester after semester, by the Plankanation.

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Uhraine Miller, Accounting Graduate
Paying It Forward

Uhraine Miller, Accounting Graduate

All the way to Canada - Uhraine earned his Accounting diploma from NorQuest in 2024, then took first place at the Western Canada Accounting Case Competition.

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Dr. Shadrach Burnett
Gratitude Stories

Dr. Shadrach Burnett

From a poor background to a white coat - Shadrach graduated from UWI as a medical doctor in 2024, his tuition shouldered by a community that believed in him.

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Dr. Keronique Palmer, MBBS
Paying It Forward

Dr. Keronique Palmer, MBBS

Keronique graduated UWI with an MBBS in 2024 - every textbook, every meal, every rent payment underwritten by donors who'll never know her name.

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