Growing up across Gabon, Cameroon, Congo and South Africa, I heard a simple truth repeated in different accents and languages: education is the way forward. Health matters. Community matters. And children, always, must be protected. Yet for too many children across Africa today, a single event can take everything away: a parent’s death, violence and displacement, an untreated illness, or a school fee that cannot be paid. When that happens, children can become invisible, espec