While we were visiting our students’ homes in Laikipia, a young boy approached us. His name was Peter, and though he had not filled out a formal application, he marched right up to us and asked if we would help him go to school. We liked his spirit and initiative, […]
Abraham is from the Maasai community. He has lived at Dreams Children Home for eight years now. His parents passed on when he was a small kid and he is the third born in a family of four children. His elder siblings didn’t go to school while the youngest in […]
Elvis is a bright and determined young man who believes in the empowering nature of education. It is something that he takes very seriously. All through his life, he has watched as his parents toiled to put food on the table and pay school fees for him and his siblings. […]
Lawrence is a self-assured, articulate, and determined individual. It was no surprise to anyone when Lawrence scored 410 marks in his KCPE. Throughout his primary education, he has been a top performer. His best subject is Mathematics and he scored 85% in the KCPE. He hopes to join a national school […]
Morgan is a bright and determined young man who believes that education empowers people. It’s something he’s quite concerned about. He has seen his parents struggle to support his siblings and when he was told that he will have to go and live with his aunt in Nairobi he had […]
Evans understands the value of education. This, he says, is what drives him to work so hard in school. He recently took the Kenyan Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) exams and passed with flying colors, earning an outstanding B+ average. These results have all but guaranteed him a spot at […]
Amos is a brilliant, hardworking young man. Being the youngest in a family of eight, he watched his siblings drop out of school after primary school as his family couldn’t afford to pay their school fees. But this didn’t deter Amos. He worked extra hard in school and became the
Joseph Kinuthia is a fourth-year student at Chuka University where he is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and History. He comes from a humble background, where he is the only of his families four children that had the opportunity to attend high school. His siblings had to drop
Maureen Wanjiku did not get high enough grades to secure a place at university to pursue a bachelor’s degree. Her academic career, however, would not end here. She carried on and enrolled for a diploma course at a local university. Knowing that this is the second chance she desperately needed,
