Education  Kenya Project #20229

Sponsor and Support Students in Rural Kenya

by Kenya Keys
Sponsor and Support  Students in Rural Kenya
Sponsor and Support  Students in Rural Kenya
Sponsor and Support  Students in Rural Kenya
Sponsor and Support  Students in Rural Kenya
Sponsor and Support  Students in Rural Kenya
Sponsor and Support  Students in Rural Kenya
Sponsor and Support  Students in Rural Kenya
Sponsor and Support  Students in Rural Kenya
Sponsor and Support  Students in Rural Kenya
Sponsor and Support  Students in Rural Kenya
Sponsor and Support  Students in Rural Kenya
Sponsor and Support  Students in Rural Kenya
Sponsor and Support  Students in Rural Kenya
Sponsor and Support  Students in Rural Kenya

Project Report | Oct 11, 2016
Hundreds of Lives Changed

By Megan Hitchcock | Project Director

Davicy, as a Form 4 (senior) at Taru Secondary
Davicy, as a Form 4 (senior) at Taru Secondary

Louise and her husband have been providing funds to sponsor a student in Kenya for six years. Their student, Davicy, was a quiet and shy, but determined Form 1 (freshman) student when they became his sponsor. He worked hard over the next four years, and despite setbacks along the way, he qualified to attend college. And his sponsors stuck with him. He is now in his second year of teacher training college. Soon, he will be in a position to provide for himself and his family. More than that, he will be inspiring young minds to pursue education, and their dreams, with determination.

Louise recently received a letter of gratitude from Davicy. He expressed his love of learning and his love for them, his sponsors. Louise was emotional as she read his expressions of thanks to her and his optimism for his future. “I don’t know why it hit me so hard now, after all these years, but when I read his words I was overwhelmed to know how much his life has been changed by our sponsorship,” she said.

And his life is not the only one changed. He will influence everyone in his family, in his village, and in the school where he will teach. He will mentor young students—girls and boys who will look up to him and learn from him because he was once exactly where they are. His success will be a beacon for others, an example of what can be accomplished when you dream big and work hard.

The story of Louise and Davicy is beautiful not because it is unique—it’s beautiful because it is just one example of the hundreds of lives that have been forever changed through the Kenya Keys’ sponsorship program. Your donation is changing lives. Your sponsorship of students in Kenya will have a lasting impact for good. Asante sana for giving so much. Please share our sponsorship program with your family members and friends—let them know how much good they can accomplish by making education possible for deserving students in Kenya.

Director Rinda Hayes meets with sponsored students
Director Rinda Hayes meets with sponsored students

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Kenya Keys

Location: Lake Oswego, OR - USA
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Project Leader:
Christy Russell
Lake Oswego , OR United States

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