We honor the Memory of Papa Skkejgestad Guitorm
FROM NORWAY TO DRC TO KENYA TO AMERICA
- the Circle of Good Deeds
It is in memory of Papa Skejeggestad Guitorm that we share his amazing story. He passed from this earth on May 30, 2024. Dr. Grace was able to go to Norway to attend his funeral.
Papa Skejeggestad Guitorm and Mama Liv Toril Skjeggestad’s influence has affected many lives. From Norway they came to the DRC and then to Kenya where they worked to help find sponsors for Grace and her siblings so they could go to school. Grace’s family had become refugees after fleeing their homeland. They were struggling to make a new life for themselves in a new country. School in Africa is not free and so education was not an option until Papa Skejeggestad Guitorm and Mama Liv Toril Skjeggestad advocated for their education by getting sponsors for Grace and each of her siblings.
Dr. Grace said, “Their support towards my family means a lot to me. If it wasn't for them sponsoring my basic education or elementary and high school, I wouldn't have been able to access higher education! Their gift of education has fueled me to become a change maker, and advocate for the well being of vulnerable girls in Africa through education. Papa Skkejgestad Guitorm's legacy will live forever. Good deeds never die, and they continue from generation to generation. He used to remind every person to care for the children first! As founder of AGHF, I firmly believe that God will use AGHF to change the lives of thousands of young girls, so that they also can change the lives of their families and communities! This is the circle of good deeds! “
From all of us at AGHF we reach out with love and support to his wife, Liv Toril Skjeggestad, who partnered with him in this great work of supporting girls' education. Currently Liv Toril Skeggestad is serving on our Board of Advisory and continues to be a great support to African Girls Hope Foundation. Mama Liv Toril Skjeggestad and her husband are examples to us all. Thank you.
