I'm proud of our name because my brother has really carried our name up there ... it's made its mark in the world. - Auma Obama

He wanted to know everything about us, everything about my father everything about our family. I took him to so many relatives. It was part of finding about his own identity.

It's special for us and for our children and for our communities because it tells every child that if you work hard you can do whatever you want in this world. You can make you future

I work for my own foundation, called Sauti Kuu (Powerful Voices) Foundation, which I started about two years ago. The focus of the work is to teach young people—girls, in particular—who are from underprivileged backgrounds, that there are valuable resources they can use to improve their lives before they look outwardly to see whether someone will give them relief food or clothing or all of the other things we give them so often in the humanitarian world.