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| The 'train' in Gatwekera Village |
Out of the 51 shortlisted candidates, 44 showed up for
meetings at our office and participated in our home visits. The preliminary
meeting entailed taking the hopeful scholars through our selection process and assuring
them that our process was free, fair and everyone had an equal chance of
getting the scholarship.
After two consecutive meetings, it was now time to traverse
the terrain of Kibera slums. CoKF staff visited the homes of each of the 44
shortlisted scholars over a period of three days. These visits saw the staff
visit all the 12 villages making up the Kibera slum. It is interesting to also
note that during the home visits, hopeful scholars assigned for that day
accompanied us.
The exercise ended successfully on the 14th of
February and a final list of 10 selected scholars prepared on the 15th
day of February.
CoKF staff takes this opportunity to sincerely thank all
those who enabled this exercise be a success; from that parent who took time off
their daily routine to host us to that teacher who helped us trace a student.
To the selected scholars, this is just a bridge; you have
the potential to make it big. Use this chance to scale even greater heights on
the upward social mobility ladder.
A detailed blog on the 10 selected scholars will come in the
last part of this trilogy blog.
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| Every single detail noted |
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| CoKF is here! |
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| A hopeful scholar with his parents after the home visit |
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| Mwaniki stays with his grandmother |
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| Evans has lived with his elder brother since he was 4 years old |
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