Of Home visits, Performance and Futures.

Thursday 14th January marked our last day of visiting homes of the 19 shortlisted candidates for the 2011 High School scholarship lot. I must say that the team was quite humbled by the experiences out of the journeys crisscrossing the narrow corridors of the slum.

Each household had its unique story but they all can be summed up in three words: struggle,commitment and hope.

These sterling performers live in squalid conditions: single rooms shared with an average of ten family members, no guarantee of three meals day, single parents, absentee fathers, domestic violence is rife,drugs and peer pressure to mention but a few, despite all these, they produced the results.

To an outsider, the stunning results might mean just that, good results; to a person who has advanced from ‘peeping through the window’ and ‘entering the houses’, the good results mean something. It is their only hope for improving their lives and that of their family members in the long run. That informs you why they see the Children of Kibera Scholarship scheme as a chance of a lifetime, a matter of life and future.

Their impressive marks will definitely earn them places in prestigious high schools, but the big question still remains: will they be able to afford the average fees of Ksh 52,172 that most of these schools charge?

Children of Kibera Foundation’s logo is a hand. It will definitely touch the lives of the scholarship award winners.

Our first visit
Mohamed leaves with his grandmother who has seen him through primary school

Hello Mum! 'Children of Kibera' are here!

What if I don't get the scholarship?
Karibu!
Daniel,mum and their last born.
Over the hills and valleys