Education

St Angela Nguthiru Girls Secondary School

Liz is 17yrs old, had been Living with her aunt in Isiolo, it has not been easy for her, her parents separated and she has three other siblings , Second born Abigael, is deaf in grade 5, living with her grandmother the other two lives with her auntie. The environment where she lives is not safe due to adult tearing each other apart with words. The aunt is also struggling to pay her fees.

Drumvale

Daisy Centre & School Bukura

Beatrice was attending a day school in Ruai, where she walked long distance to reach her school, she had fees arrears and sometimes would not go to school because of hunger. The parent separated because the father was abusive, her mother does any odd jobs she can find to feed her children. She has two sister and two brothers, the younger one is three years old.

💡 Aspires to be: DOCTOR

Our Lady of Lourdes Girls High School

Becky and her family lives in Ruai Bypass, she is the second born. They live in a small metal house with nothing inside except few old cloths, a stove, countable utensil and 4'' mattress that the mother and her five children shares on the floor. The mother is a hard working woman and tries her best to provide for her family through selling vegetables and doing odd jobs in the area. The parent separated and now the father lives in Kisumu county and does not support his children. The family is very humble, welcoming and appreciative. Becky is a bright girl and her performance is excellent

💡 Aspires to be: DOCTOR

Gachororo Primary School

Justine Verone lives with his mother and two brothers, his father left them and moved in Kisumu, when the they tried to reunite with the father, he did not acknowledge them and were sent away, now they live in Thika, Gashororo where they depend on their mother who does odd jobs to feed them.

Gachororo Primary School

Felix lives with his two brothers and her mother in Gashororo Kiambu county, The father made it clear that he did not want them and now they live with their mother who is the sole provider. She does odd job to provide for the family.

💡 Aspires to be: Engineer

Koga Primary School

Added from New Project assessment: Pamela Ouma Ochieng family, Koga village, Ndhiwa

💡 Aspires to be: Engineer

Koga Primary School

Added from New Project assessment: Pamela Ouma Ochieng family, Koga village, Ndhiwa

Koga Primary School

Added from New Project assessment: Pamela Ouma Ochieng family, Koga village, Ndhiwa

Koga Primary School

Added from New Project assessment: Pamela Ouma Ochieng family, Koga village, Ndhiwa

Muthara Complex Primary & Junior Secondary

Added from New Project assessment: Mercy Kendi family, Isiolo

💡 Aspires to be: Pilot

Muthara Complex Primary & Junior Secondary

Added from New Project assessment: Mercy Kendi family, Isiolo

Good Shepherd Academy

Added from New Project assessment: Daniel kamau family, Kinangop, Nyandarua

💡 Aspires to be: Civil engineer

Good Shepherd Academy

Added from New Project assessment: Daniel kamau family, Kinangop, Nyandarua

💡 Aspires to be: Pilot

Matinyani Boys Secondary School

Added from New Project assessment: Naomi Mutisya family, Kitui

💡 Aspires to be: Doctor

Matinyani Boys Secondary School

Added from New Project assessment: Naomi Mutisya family, Kitui

💡 Aspires to be: Doctor neuroscience

Roshen Lakeview Academy

Added from New Project assessment: Achieng’s family, Kombija, Kisumu county

Ridore ACK Mixed Secondary School

Added from New Project assessment: Achieng’s family, Kombija, Kisumu county

💡 Aspires to be: Nurse

Daisy Centre & School Bukura

Added from New Project assessment: Achieng’s family, Kombija, Kisumu county

💡 Aspires to be: Pilot

Daisy Centre & School Bukura

Added from New Project assessment: Jeremiah Kibali Wafula. family, Bungoma

Daisy Centre & School Bukura

Prisca Faiba Msumba is the daughter of Samuel Obel, she is the only girl among the nine children, she comes from Bukoolo, Vihiga county in Western Kenya, i met Prisca near the railway line as i was going home, upon inquiry i was told that sometimes the Musumba's children stood near the railway line where they wait for those who are from Bukoolo shop to ask them for food, The first thing i noticed about Prisca was that she had not thrived at all, i was told she was 12yrs old but when i looked at her i felt that she was eight years old, her feet was covered with jiggers and when she talked it was as if she had not eaten for a while what made me adore this little girl was despite all that difficult life she managed to smiled and asked if i had any food, she told me that she goes to school once in a week because people laughed at her, she had no school uniform , no books and walked bare feet. when i asked about her mother, i was told that her mother had mental issues and lived in Nakuru on the street and that before Prisca was brought in the village by his father she used to beg for food on the street in Nakuru Town..

💡 Aspires to be: Doctor

Daisy Centre & School Bukura

Paul Manase come from Bukoolo, in Vihiga county, western Kenya, I met Paul Manase while he was working in the neighboring village Lung'a, he had jiggers but not badly affected as his younger brothers and a sister, he was fetching water for those brewing alcohol in Lunga, a bucket of water that is 20litres they paid him five shilling, my problem was the distance where he fetched the water which was 2km, he also carried as much as water as an adult who were given 20shillings but was given almost nothing, i could also see he had difficulty in walking since his feet was swollen, his eyes red, tired and hungry, i sked him if he would take me to their home, he replied that their was had nothing to be seen in their home. His mother had mental issues and left with then to Nakuru where they lived on the street, the father brought them back to the village where they faced the same fate as those on the street. The villagers mocked them, his father is alcoholic, they do not have food, and worse was they worked for the villagers and they did not pay them sometimes, also jiggers infection made them have difficulty in walking. i could see he was not proud of himself, afraid of his future and his eyes was pleading for help. Thankfully Brighter Future Foundation was able to reach him on time

💡 Aspires to be: Engeneer

Muranga Girls School

Elsie Wanjiru comes from a family of 2, she also have step siblings, they live in Kayole slums in Nairobi, her mother is a hair braider and her father works as conductor. Mostly the mother is the one who sustain the family through the little income she receives from braiding hair, the elder brother finished high school and just staying at home. The father works as a conductor but he is not responsible.

💡 Aspires to be: Nutritionist

Daisy Centre & School Bukura

Oscar Ngota is the son of Enos Ngota Msumba, i met him when i was doing jiggers campaign, he had jiggers on his hands and feet, he was very thin and could barely walk, when i asked about his mother i was told she left because of the difficult conditions they were living in and never she return. His father is alcoholic and did not provide for the children the basic needs, the children survived by working for neighbors and begging for food where sometimes they were beaten and sent away empty handed. Oscar have a brother Kevin they live with their cousins who are in the same situations

💡 Aspires to be: Teacher

Daisy Centre & School Bukura

Jacktone is a humble boy, who does not speak much, when i visited the family in Bukoolo in Western Vihiga county where he lives with his brothers he used to hide, when i asked his siblings why he hides, i was told he does not like when people looks at his him because he had jiggers. Children who have jiggers are often isolated, laughed at by other other children and are often because jiggers is associated with dirty environment. i also noticed that though he was ten years old and in grade 4 he could not read or write. His mother Florence have mental problem and is living on the street in Nakuru. Jacktone is among the 9 children of Mr. Obel.

💡 Aspires to be: Driver

Emusire Secondary School

Job lives with his step mother and father in Bungoma, he is the elder son of Archibald, the father is a subsistence farmer and the step mother is a house wife, he comes from a very humble background and would love to finish High school and join collage someday

St Angela Nguthiru Girls Secondary School

Gloria and her siblings lives in a one room rental metal house in Isiolo Town, her parents separated because her father's consistent abused her mother , her mother works in other houses washing cloths from which she earns between 250-300sh sometimes she does not get work, she is unable to take care of her children , Gloria has endured hardship, they sometimes have no food, her mother is unable to pay her school fees or provide basic needs for them, Gloria has three brothers in need of help and a sister who dropped out of school and got married early because of hash environment. She believes that only education may change her fate so that she can help her family.

💡 Aspires to be: Nurse

Bunyore Girls School

Glorious Nafula, have other siblings, they come from Western Kenya, Kakamega county. The mother works as a house help in Nakuru county while the father does odd jobs which can barely sustain the family. Glorious is a bright girl and has managed to secure a spot in a National School Bunyore Girls, her parents were not able to keep her in school due to family financial instability.

💡 Aspires to be: DOCTOR

St Cecilia

Vivian and her siblings lives in Bungoma county Western Kenya, she comes from a struggling family, a very humbly background, her father does manual labor and her mother is a house wife, she joined St. Cecilia in Kapenguria, she needs your help with the school fees to continue with her studies, her aspiration is to be a lecturer when she finished High School.

💡 Aspires to be: LECTURER

Daisy Centre & School Bukura

When i met Kevin, he was in a bad shape, there was foul smell from his body, as i moved closer to talked to him the smell seemed to pushed me backward, one thing that caught my eyes was the numerous clothes he was wearing, how he was ashamed of himself and kept hiding his face in his hoodie, his hands never left his pocket for the one week i was trying to get closer to him, when i he finally trusted me, i wanted to know why he smell so bad, so i bought new clothes and convinced him that he would only wear new clothes and shoes after bathing, when he removed his cloths i finally understood why he had been hiding, Kevin had jiggers on his hands, feet, and elbow, he was literally a walking corpse, he also had evidence of beatings all over his body some new and some old, i have to testify that i had never seen anything like that, it took me five days to remove all the jiggers from his hands, feet, elbow and knees. When i asked about his parent i realized that his father was alcoholic and the mother left, he did not even know how the mother looked like because she left when he was a toddler. Kevin and his brother Oscar lives with their cousins in a small room because they do not have a house, he begs for food in the village where other people took advantage of him.

💡 Aspires to be: Doctor