Edith Muhindo is the Area Supervisor of the Paper Fig Foundation—an organization that promotes fashion and fine arts as an economic empowerment tool—in Kasese, in the Western region of Uganda. Over the last eight months, Edith has guided the Paper Fig Foundation through the pandemic with resiliency, creativity, and commitment, from spearheading a mask sewing campaign that has gone global, to grassroots, on-the-ground community outreach, educating rural populations about how to stay safe and avoid the spread of COVID-19. She has devoted herself to helping members of her community, especially those that are among the most vulnerable.