Muriet’s dreamed about her family not being hungry anymore and a decent house for her parents to live in.
- Born in 1991 in Kajiado county, Kenya
- Sponsored since 2012 for her bachelor in Hospitality and tourist management
- She finished her final exams december 2015 and the official graduation ceremony was in July 2016
- Muriet now works for county government
- She started a part-time masters education on her own expenses
- She is a member of the Kids to School Local Advisory Committee and mentors several students currently enrolled in our program
- She is 35 years old
Why did we sponsor Muriet?
Muriet comes from a poor family of eight children. They lived in very difficult circumstances, there were times they went to bed hungry. She enjoyed going to primary school and performed well. Thanks to the support of the Maasai Girls Education Fund (MGEF), she was able to attend a boarding school from the fifth grade of primary school through secondary school. The quality of education there was better, and it also provided her with an escape from the harsh conditions at home. Muriet was highly motivated, determined and a hardworking student with outstanding academic performance, which earned her admission to university.
Through the partnership between Kids to School and MGEF, Kids to School began sponsoring Muriet in 2012, during the second year of her bachelor’s degree program. We wanted to give her the opportunity to complete her studies and build an independent future for herself. In 2016, she graduated with her bachelor’s degree, achieving excellent academic results.
Already during her studies, Muriet realized that she could inspire younger girls and boys in her family and in remote rural areas to pursue an education. At the same time, she decided it was time to take responsibility herself and ensure that her parents and family could rely on her support and no longer suffer from hunger. The money she earned during her internship was used to build a proper house for her parents.
A few years ago, Muriet also joined the Local Advisory Committee of Kids to School. She is in regular contact with several of our current students, whom she mentors, motivates, and supports in their studies and personal development. Her involvement and this personal connection are of tremendous value to our students. It is wonderful to see that, after once being sponsored herself, Muriet now gives back in this way by contributing to the education of young people and to the wider community.
Emily Muriet’s own words (December 2016)
‘Impossibility can only be traced from whom who believe can’t make and can’t attempt.
Everyone’s destiny is within the plans of God‘.I am very happy to have come from a humble background, raised in a thatched house and depending on hand to mouth hustle basic needs from my beloved parents. Having eaten every meal was not an essential but waking up well was a great gift from God….. The past is long and gone and now marking a beginning of another better life.
Raised in a family of 8, God showed His own favor upon my tender life when he sent His Angels ( Maasai Girls Education Fund) through a beloved teacher and good neighbor to a rural primary school (Impiron) where I was.
The beginning of my sweet life was witnessed then. Despite the fact that everything was not that okay at home, I could score the best in class and therefore the chance was suitable for me. I realized then that God’s wealth is not all visible but can be diverse. I knew I was also rich in terms of understanding in class …
Mrs Saigilu the teacher introduced me to Angels and just at the beginning of my class five (2003), I was lucky to be transferred to a boarding school (DEB) primary for a better learning environment.
My parents couldn’t explain the favor as everything was catered for. I therefore started off a new life in a nearby town primary school having in mind that my fellow new colleagues will look down on me as a rural area girl. ..This indeed was challenging though it didn’t interfere with my thirst to this warm education. I was always attentive and keen to teachers to get the best out them. Good fruits were seen through that for I did manage to beat everyone came end of the term… I realized that it’s only the mentality that rural children has that they are not good as urban children because everyone can make.After there, I managed to get better marks and went to Kitengela Noonkopir secondary school through the help of beloved the Late Barbara Lee Shaw. This was away from home. I could rarely see my parents during parent’s day due to the fact that they could not afford transport fee to my place. I thank God for my brother who was around the city for he carried the burden and visited me whenever needed. That still did not affect me for I knew my destiny and the importance of been in school and having everything catered for by the good hearted people MGEF.
After secondary education i managed to score a better grade and proceeded to the university where I pursued a Bachelor of Science in Tourism Management at Kenyatta.Life was good and when I was in my second year first semester, God sent other Angels (Ruud-Kids to School) through The late Barbara Lee Shaw.. How this happened, I left it to always say thank you God.
Meeting Ruud at Fairview Hotel Nairobi was a privilege that I can’t account for. The story is endless. He tolde me that Kids to School can sponsor me throughout University. I felt encouraged for I knew and sure, I can’t misuse the chance. I was bonded to a new family of Kids to School.
This was a strong family too. I felt happy when it reached the MGEF mentoring workshop at the end of the year when I saw Ans the president of Kids to school for the first time. The gift she brought me was just awesome and still holds to date….By then, I was strong enough to encourage someone testify the goodness of education and how God can use People to uplift you from nowhere to somewhere.. I could facilitate both in schools encouraging young girls and boys in the far remote areas and also from my family. Life was more interesting.. Comfortable in school, everything provided by kids to school and my part was to excel. Yes I did . I managed to be a second class upper division student with good aggregate points and I Thank God for the whole family of kids to school and Mgef for
their good start and my parents too for always encouraging me to go on.This was the beginning of my life personal responsibility… It was the time that my parents and the whole family could expect something from me.. The time to tighten the belts and download what the God sent people input me. The time to say how do my people live. The time to ask myself whether my family should stay hungry anymore. The load is huge but I knew the Beginner God is still the continuous God. I love His endless
love.I got an internship in the county government of Kajiado. I managed to get some cash through field work and really grateful for it marked the beginning of developing where I came from. I started by building a four room decent house for my parents for the prev Naborru house looked very bad. It was a nice feeling indeed to have managed that. One can ask self how I did that. I make people hair which was a plus, I do small affordable businesses which were a plus and now my parents are in a decent and comfortable house. I thank God for that…I love my parents. Despite the fact that they had nothing to give, they had prayers and encouragement too and have never thought of marrying me off like the way others did.
The good work of kids to school and Mgef. The willing hearts, supportive people, God bless you much.. I can write day by day explaining my gratitude but its never enough.. The family of Tumaina is now happy I can provide, no hustle any more… Comfortable living condition… It’s not my might,but it took the hand of God through the sent ANGELS. I can’t pretend to pay you back, the overseer, the God of reward will purpose accordingly.
Currently working in Real Estate Company. Hoping for the best in the near future to be stable in sensitive areas to be able to support others in a larger way.
SPECIAL GRATITUDE TO;
The late Barbara Lee Shaw, MGEF founder
Lucy Ntayia, MGEF Director
Mrs.Saigilu, MGEF loitokotok representative
Ruud, Kids to School
Ans, Kids to School founder and president
José, Kids to School, secretary.
My beloved parents, Mr. And Mrs. Tumaina Naborru
May the Almighty the God who rewards, bless you abundantly.
Love you all so much.Regards, Muriet.
