Some months prior to her departure to Ntarabana, she had read the thesis of Dr. Pastor Mpora (see Pastor Mpora, Integral Human Fulfillment as a Natural Foundation of the Family, Rome 2001) a Professor of socio-political Philosophy who studied in Rome, but who was born in Ntarabana. She knew that he had asked for funds to finance the construction of a Centre to help the families of Ntarabana, joyful by nature, but of disarming poverty. She was immediately reminded of this request, that in fact it meant a lot to her because for her the family has always been very important. So, she started to finance, from her own means, the construction of a small place where families could meet.
On vacation in Ntarabana she had met many children and young people from the village who had no money to pay their school fees. So, she thought of the poorer ones and she started paying their school fees.
Without any idea of where it might lead, in 2003 she began to pursue two humanitarian projects that would later become the Ntarabana Projects, strongly motivated by what she had personally experienced. These two projects are the Education Project and the Family Centre Project.