Current students

Josephine was born in 1996. She has two sisters and four brothers. Her father has had primary school education and is a farmer. Her mother has had no schooling. The family lives in Western Kenya and lives off the produce of a small vegetable garden. Since 2013 Josephine has been sponsored by Kids to School. At that time she was in the second year at the Asumbi Girls High School. Josephine graduated in November 2015, she passed with an A-. In September 2016 she  started her study in Human Resource Management at Moi University in Eldoret. In 2019 she did an internship. Josephine was supposed to graduate at the end of 2020, but that did not work out due to private circumstances. Josephine was supposed to graduate at the end of 2020, but due to private circumstances, she was unable to do so. In September 2022, Josephine resumed her studies. She hopes to graduate in 2024.

Salama wSalama was born in 2005. She lives in Tanzania and has a sister and two brothers. Her father has died. Her mother has no education and has no job. Salama attends Steven Tito Academy, The Baobab Home, Bagamoyo. She has been sponsored by Kids to School since 2013. She completed primary school at the end of 2018. She started high school in January 2019. Salama successfully completed secondary school at the end of 2022. Salama started her hotel management course in January 2024. This study lasts 2 years.

Nasra was born in 2008. She lives in Tanzania. She has one sister. Her father died. Her mother is and has had no education. An aunt of Nasra is a farmer, she takes care of Nasra. Nasra is at the Steven Tito Academy in Bagamoyo. She has been sponsored by Kids to School since 2015. At the end of 2022, Nasra has completed primary school with excellent grades. She has been attending Sakura Girls Secondary School since January 2023.

Joyce was born in 2001. She lives in Kenya. She is the daughter of a divorced mother. She has a brother and a sister. Her mother tries to make a living for her family by occasionally working on a tea plantation. In July 2015, she almost had to stop secondary school due to lack of money. She’s a very good student. Since September 2015 Kids to School sponsors her. She was in form 2 at Maryhill Girls High School at that time. At the end of 2018, Joyce finished high school with good grades. In May 2019 she started studying for a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. This study lasts five years. 

Elijah was born in 2000. He lives in Kenya. He is the oldest boy in a polygamous Masai family. In this family are 14 children. All children go to school. Three of the children go to secondary school with the help of the community. The parents are not educated, and income from the sale of goats and small jobs during market days has to provide for the whole family. The family owns eight goats. Kids to School sponsors him since September 2017. At that time he was in the first class grade at Tengecha Boys High school in Kericho. He hoped to graduate in November 2020. With a delay of six months due to the Corona pandemic, Elijah successfully completed secondary school (B+) in May 2021. In September 2021 he started his bachelor study in Science in Medical Laboratory at Meru University of Science and Technology. This study lasts four years. 

 Mercy was born in 2002. She has two older sisters, an older brother and a younger brother. Her father died of cancer five years ago and as a result the financial pressure has increased considerably. Her mother has to earn the income with temporary jobs. Due to lack of money, Merci regularly did not go to school. Kids to School sponsors her since July 2018. That time she was in the second class of the Gitugi Girls High School. With a delay of six months due to the Corona pandemic, Mercy successfully finished secondary school (B) in May 2021. In September 2021 she started her Bachelor of business information and technology at Mount Kenya University in Thika. This study lasts four years. 

Asha was born in 2000. She is the third child in a family of four children. Her mother died and her father remarried. The parents are farmers and work as casual laborers. The family lives in Tanga. Asha completed the Steven Tito Academy at the end of 2018. In Tanzania, no school fees have to be paid for secondary school. Kids to School pays for Asha’s boarding school and school supplies. Since 2019, Asha has been attending Kiwangwa secondary school. Salama will have successfully completed secondary school at the end of 2022. Asha will start her vocational training in Zanzibar in February. She will first take a course in computer knowledge and then she will start her training to become a kindergarten teacher in June. The total training lasts 2 years

Edelquin is born in 2005. She is the youngest of four children. Edelquin lives with her mother in Nairobi, where her mother works as a domestic help. The salary is far too low to pay high school tuition. She completed primary school in November 2018. With the help of friends and acquaintances, her mother has struggled to raise just enough money for the first semester of her first year of high school. That didn’t work again for the second semester. Kids to School has decided to sponsor her from April 2019. She was in first grade at the time. She completed high school with good results at the end of 2022. Edelquin started her Bachelor of Science (Economics & Statistics) studies in September 2023. This study lasts four years.

Kelvin completed high school with good results at the end of 2023. He hopes to start his further education in 2024.

Maria was born in 2003. She is the third child of four children. The family lives in Kiambu county. Her mother has always taken care of her children alone. The two oldest children only have primary school and her youngest sister is now in primary school. Her mother tries to make enough money for her family by picking tea. There is no money for high school. In 2018 she finished primary school with good results. Thanks to  COTRR she was able to start the first year of high school. Since January 2020 Kids to School sponsors her. Then she was in form 2. At the end of 2022 she has completed high school. Maria was born in Uganda and cannot continue her education in Kenya. She hopes to start a study in 2024.

Stephen was born in 2005. The family lives in Nairobi county. He is the youngest of three children. His parents are divorced and the mother takes care of the three children. Stephan has finished the primary school with excellent grades. Kids to School sponsors him since January 2020. Then he was in form one. Kelvin completed high school with good results at the end of 2023. He hopes to start his further education in 2024.

Patrick was born in 2002. He has an older sister. His mother is single and has to take care of her children with odd jobs. He completed primary school with very good results and with the help of various people they were able to pay for the first year of secondary school. He ended this first year with great grades. Raising the money for the first semester of the 2nd year was also difficult again. They eventually sold their piece of land. Due to Corona, the situation has of course deteriorated and it is even more difficult for the mother to earn money. Patrick dreams of becoming an engineer. Kids to School will sponsor him from 2021. He then started in the second grade. He graduated from high school at the end of 2022. He started his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science in September 2023. This study lasts four years.

Pauline was born in 2001. She lives with her parents and a brother and 2 sisters in Nairobi. Her father and mother only attended primary school for a few years. Her mother sells vegetables and her father is a casual laborer. They earn far too little to pay for school fees. She closed high school at the end of 2019 and passed with good grades. In January 2020 she will start her Bachelor of Commerce studies at the School of Business at Kenyatta University. The study lasts five years. Kids to School sponsors her from January 2021.

Maclean was born in 1996. She has a younger brother and a younger half-sister. She graduated from high school with good results in 2015. Her mother died just before her final exams and that completely changed her life. Her father, who has a small butcher’s shop, remarried the same year and subsequently gave all his attention to his new family. After 2 years, she finally got the opportunity to study at the Kenyan Medical Training Center and in September 2017 they started studying Nutrition and Dietetics. Unable to pay her second year tuition, she had to leave school again in 2018. Kids to School now gives her the opportunity to complete her studies at the Kenyan Medical Training Center. The study will last another two years. Kids to School has been sponsoring her since April 2021. She passed her final exams in April 2023. She is now waiting to take the national exam required to work as a dietician.

Nickson was born in 1999. He lives with his single mother, a younger brother and two sisters The mother is unemployed and depends on casual labour to provide for the family. Nickson was supported by various people throughout the primary and secondary school. He finished the secondary school with a A-. However there was no money to attend Moi University where he was placed for a bachelors in Dental Surgery. Since leaving high school, he has been helping his mother pay for the siblings’ school fees and other needs through casual labour in the village. Finally in  November 2020,  he was lucky to find a local doctor who raised funds for the first semester ending March 2021. Since May 2021 Kids to School sponsors him. The study takes 5 years.

Virginia Wanjiri Nganga was born in 2005. She is the third child in a family of four. She has 2 older sisters and a younger brother. Virginia lives with an older sister and her younger brother with her mother just outside Nairobi. The family has experienced a lot of domestic violence and 6 years ago her father ran away and has not returned. Since that time, the mother and a sister have been trying to get her. She comes from a broken home due to domestic violence. Her father left 6 years ago and never came back. She completed primary school with above-average results and then started good secondary school. Unfortunately, Virginia was regularly sent home for the first two years because the school fees could not be paid. That clearly had an effect on her results. Kids to School sponsors her since April 2022. Virginia completed high school with good results at the end of 2023. She hopes to start her further education in 2024.

Eunice Sempeyo Leshan was born in 2005. She is the fifth in a family in a family of 7. Four brothers and 2 sisters. They live in Kajiado County. The mother has always been solely responsible for her children and moved to live with her mother a number of years ago due to increasing domestic violence. Mother passed away in 2020 and the three youngest children (13, 15 and 16 years old) have been living with their grandmother since then. It is impossible for the grandmother to care for the three children, and the two girls also run the risk of being married off by their father. The situation was so dire that when Kids to School made a home visit, LAC members Emily Muriet and Sr. Celia found it of the utmost importance to place the two girls to another school far from where the grandmother lives. The younger sister is in class 5 of primary school. Eunice has been sponsored by Kids to School since April 2022. At that time she was in third grade. In 2023, Eunice had a son. It is not yet clear whether she will complete high school.

Ryan was born in 2003. He is the second child in a family of four. His mother died when he was 10 years old and his father remarried to a woman with three children. After the death of their mother, the four children from his first marriage were left to their aunt, who is 72 years old. It is impossible for her to pay for Ryan’s studies. Ryan graduated from high school in 2021 with good grades and with the help of Kids to school, he started studying Bachelor of Science in Criminology at Iloilo University in September 2022. This study lasts 4 years.

Josephine RS was born in 2004. She is the second child in a family of nine. Her father is addicted to alcohol. Her Mother tries to take care of the family as well as possible with the help of the neighbours. The whole family lives in a one-room house. At primary school she was a good student and with the help of people at primary school she was able to finish this school with good grades. At a young age, her father wanted to marry her off. Thanks to COTRR’s sponsorship program, she was able to attend high school and she completed it in 2021 with good results. Kids to School sponsors her since September 2022. She is studying for a Bachelors in Education at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa. This study lasts four years.

Clare was born in 2000 in Kitale, Kenya. She comes from a polygamous family. Her father died in 2017 class when Clare was in second grade of high school. He was the sole breadwinner of the family. Her mother has no education and now tries to earn money with casual jobs. Paying the school fees is therefore a challenge. Nevertheless, she took the final exam in 2019 and passed with a C (about a 7) but with arrears in paying school fees. She therefore worked in 2020 to pay off the debt and thus obtain the certificate to continue her studies. She succeeded. Her dream is to study nursing. Because of her good grades, she has been accepted at an accredited school. Kids to school will now sponsor her. In January 2023 she will start her training as an operating nurse. This study lasts 4 years.

Peninah was born in 2003 into a polygamous family with 24 children. She is her mother’s third child. Both parents have no education, but they are interested in an education for their children. As far as their income is concerned, the family depends on the sale of cows and goats and that is too little to be able to send the children to school. Peninah is disabled and needs a prosthesis to walk. Because of that she has been living in the Rehabilitation Center in Loitokitok since 2011. This is where she was able to complete her primary school. Thanks to a scholarship from the Equity bank, she finished high school in 2021 with good results. Her parents did everything they could to pay for her university studies, but partly due to the drought, that became impossible after the first year. She is now in her second year and since September 2023, Kids to school sponsors her. She studies for a bachelor’s degree in Banking and Finance. The study lasts 4 years.

Elizabeth was born in 2007. She is the third in a family of four children, the family lives in Kiambui, one of the largest slums in Africa. Her father works as a casual labourer and her mother earns her income by washing clothes for others. Over the years, the family has had to take out loans to pay for her studies. Despite all the financial problems, Elizabeth is now in form four of high school. She is a good student and has always shown interest in further education. Kids to School sponsors her since January 2024. She has to take her final exams in November.

Stephanie was born in 2007. She lives with her parents, a younger brother and a niece of her mother and child in Huruma, a slum of Nairobi. Her father is a music teacher but has no job, his mother depends on temporary jobs. Stephany finished primary school in 2022 with good grades and then spent a semester at a secondary school. There was no money for a follow-up. Kids to School sponsors her since January 2024. She is in form one.

Joshua was born in 2003 in a polygamous family with 7 children. He is the eldest child of his mother and has 3 brothers and 2 sisters. Both parents did not go to school. His father is an alcoholic and earns some money by renting out his land, his mother sells tea. Thanks to the Community Organisation & Training for Risk Reduction (COTRR), Joshua was able to attend secondary school. Kids to School has been working with COTRR for a long time. COTRR sponsors up to and including high school. Financial help must then be sought elsewhere for further study. Since January 2024, Kids to School sponsors him. He studies for a bachelor’s degree in Megatronics at Dedan Kimathi University. He is in his first year, semester two. The study lasts 5 years.

Samuel was born in 2002. He is the eldest son in a family of 7 children. The father is not present. The family owns a small farm in Kaijado County. Thanks to the help of his grandmother, he was able to get through high school. He graduated in 2022, but due to lack of funds, he was unable to start further education. From April 2024, he will be sponsored by Kids to School.  It is not yet entirely clear which study it will be. 

David was born in 2008. He is the eldest in a family of four children. His father is in prison and unable to provide for his family. The family has a small farm and it is very difficult for the mother to earn enough money. After primary school, David went to high day school for secondary education. Due to the problems at home, he quit after the first semester. Kids to School sponsors him since January 2024. He is now in form one of a Boys High School with boarding

Nancy was born in 2002. Both her parents are deceased and she lives with her younger brother with their grandmother. In addition to these two children, the grandmother also has to take care of the three children of another deceased daughter. The grandmother has a small plot of land on which she grows vegetables that she sells. Thanks to the help of the principal of the high school and many others, Nancy finished high school in 2022 with good results. In order to be able to continue her studies, she has been working and thanks to financial support from several people, she started her studies as a hairdresser and beautician at Muranga Tecnical Training Institute in September 2023. From January 2024, Kids to School will sponsor her. She is now in the second semester of the first year. The study lasts two years. 

Asili was born in 2004. She is the youngest child in a family of three. Her mother left her family because she was mentally ill when Asili was three years old. Her father took care of the three children, but as a primary school security man, he barely earned anything. A primary school teacher has taken Asili’s fate to heart and has taken her into her family. With the help of other teachers, she was able to go to secondary school in 2018 and she graduated with good results in 2022. From March 2024, Kids to School will sponsor her. She is studying to be a nurse and midwife at a Medical College. This study will take three years to complete. 

Zaccharia was born in 2007 in Rift Valley. He is the only son of a single mother. Due to the problems after the 2007 election, his mother and son moved to Kiambu County. Here they got help from an elderly woman. This lady has helped mother and son through time. The mother is sickly and tries to earn something by sewing. Zaccharia is now in form three of a Technical High School. Kids to School sponsors him since January 2024.