By Emily Obiti | Field Worker
Jackson is one of several kids who daily attend Turning Point's Transition Class in Kibera, he is eleven. Jackson lives with his single-mother and two siblings. Jackson's mother could not afford to buy Jackson a school uniform or pay the fees for him to go school. That was over a year ago. Since then he spent his days roaming the streets of Kibera with his friends looking for something fun to do or a a way to get a little money or food.
A neighbour told Jackson about Turning Point, that they could help him return to school. Since then, Jackson has been attending Transition Class every week day. In Transition Class, Jackson is catching up on the education he has missed while he has been out of school. Sometimes Jackson wishes he was back roaming the streets with his friends but he knows he really wants to return to school so he keeps coming, every day.
Each day Jackson gets tea and mandazi (like savoury doughnuts) for breakfast and a hot meal for lunch. This is way better than going hungry those days he used to walk around Kibera with his friends for long hours smelling food cooking in local stores but with no money to buy any.
We are now in the third and final term of the school year in Kenya, and as long as Jackson continues to work hard, he will return to a formal primary school in January.
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