By Lydia | Project Beneficiary
I dropped out of school at a very early age of 17, having conceived. This led to me being sent away from home by my father and also because my culture does not allow a girl to stay with her dad in the same house after conceiving. I had no option but to enter an early marriage in which I faced both physical and emotional abuse leading to my running away from the marriage. That happened after I lost my 2 babies at infancy within a span of 3 years.
Out of frustration I opted to work as a domestic worker with the ever haunting spirit of going back to school and I remember bitter flashbacks, regrets and tears whenever I met school girls in uniform headed to school. I had already resigned to my fate and I started saving in order to start a business for me to be independent. This is because education is so expensive that by the time I finished saving enough money for schooling, I could as well have been too old to have the interest of learning.
At some point I got a new school that gave a second chance to girls who had dropped out of school to go back and study. Since I still had less school fees I was enrolled at TAGS who took me in and returned me back to school through your support. I had to work really hard since I had stayed for 7 years out of school. I did my KCSE (O Levels) last year and passed so well that I can’t hide my joy and happiness because my going back to school has made us to reconcile with my dad who is now proud of me.
Don’t you people deserve a Nobel Peace Prize? You have rekindled my star and the stars of many other destitute girls who look up to you for virtually every good feeling. I still dream of the day I will graduate and work as a paediatrician since I have a passion and a soft spot for babies and children. I also pray for the day I will be able to pay back to the society by putting a smile on other girls faces just the way you have done to me. Will you really give up on the job you have started? We still count on you…. We still count on TAGS…. And we still count on all of you for a better tomorrow.
Thank you for your kindness and may God bless you all abundantly!
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