By Megan Hitchcock | Project Director
Agnes is a Form 3 Student (High School Junior) at Taru Secondary School in Kenya. She is a member of the Kenya Keys’-sponsored SOS (Save Our Sisters) organization and works as an advocate and role model for younger girls in the region. She participates in handball, volleyball, and cross country. And she loves singing and dancing. Her dream is to work in the medical profession.
Agnes is the fifth-born daughter in a family of seven children. Her father is the Head Teacher at a local primary school. Her mother has an 8th grade education and works hard to care for her family. Her parents value education and have worked hard to keep all their children in school.
Agnes is a dedicated and hard-working student, but her parents have struggled to pay Agnes’ school fees because of the many expenses of providing for their large family and all the costs associated with their children’s education. Because of this, Agnes frequently misses school while she and her parents work to save enough money to pay her fees. Her absences have negatively impacted her grades and threatened her potential to graduate and qualify for college.
Fortunately for Agnes, she qualified for a sponsorship through Kenya Keys. Because of your donations, we were able to intervene and pay Agnes’ school fees. This will allow her to continue her education without any further interruptions. We’re not overstating things when we say that this sponsorship will change Agnes’ life forever. And it’s not only her life that will be changed. The rest of her family, her school and community, and her future children will all be positively impacted by Agnes’ education.
Thank you for your donations. On behalf of Agnes and so many of her peers, we express gratitude for your generosity. Without you, their dreams of education would never be achieved. Visit www.kenyakeys.org to learn more about the students we sponsor and the success that is made possible because of your donations.
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