Born and raised in Kasaka to poor, semi-literate parents, Makula Musoke grasps all opportunities available to him to leave his birthplace, a little-known village in Uganda, to pursue education in the capital city. Having been told from a young age that he is the hope of the village, Makula dreams of developing his birthplace into an economically thriving centre. After earning a bachelor's degree in economics, he succeeds in both marketing and farming. Circumstances later force him to emigrate to Canada, where, after a period of struggle, he becomes vice president of a successful real estate company in Toronto, Ontario. A decade later, however, Makula faces economic hardship that makes him long to return to Kasaka and to his original dream . to achieve his mission of developing the village of his birth.