G.R.A.C.E. is a NGO (Non-Profit) in Kumi, Uganda, started by Sam Akora, the Director. He noticed that the teenage girls in remote villages were not receiving an education because of the culture's view on women, the poverty in the area, and teenage pregnancy. Sam believed that this needed to change and that God values all children. He knew that he could change this dynamic by starting a ministry to help girls receive an education, learn life skills, help dropouts, and show the community girls do have worth and value their in the village and with God. He called the ministry The Gift of a Girl Foundation. We have now agreed that the name needed a rebrand and now we are G.R.A.C.E. (Girls Receiving A Christian Education) in Africa.