Educate 500 Youths from Kibera Slum in Kenya

“I started my secondary education in a boarding extra county school but due to lack of school fees I dropped out of that school and came to Global One day school here in Kibra. My mum who is the sole breadwinner could not afford to keep me and my other 5 siblings in school. Still the fee here at global one had been a challenge and I could send most of my school time at home looking for school fees. Since I won the Garden of Hope Foundation scholarship, am a happy boy because I can now stay in school without worrying about fees. I can now concentrate more and I know my grades will improve. I have been elected to be the school president and the mentorship sessions done my Garden of Hope mentors have helped me be more confident and courageous”.

 Dennis is a form three student living in Kibera slums who joined our scholarship project this year.

Students in  school in Kibera experience a lot of barriers towards their access to education. One of the biggest barriers is lack of school fees due to low household income. GoHf designed a scholarship project that focuses on keeping students in school through partial scholarship.

This year, the project objective was to have a total of 30 students from 7 community and private schools in Kibera supported to stay in school. This being the 3^rd year since the inception of the project, we recruited 18 new to add to the already existing 12 students from previous years. We are happy to report that this year we have been able to graduated our first cohort of students who have received scholarship for four years of their secondary education.

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"The young mothers economic empowerment programs has equiped me with business skills that I can use to provide for myself and my 2 children. I was forcefully married at 16 years old, this was after my parents died. I could not continue with my education and I had to relocate to Nairobi in search of a better life. In Nairobi, I was housed by a close relative who had promised to take me back to school. However, things did not turn out as expected because my relative kept me in the house, while sexually abusing me at the same time. I ran away and found myself in the streets of Nairobi, waking up to beg for help everyday. I slept and ate in the streets for 4 years.This is where I got pregnant!"

I was able to secure a job as a houselp thanks to  a well-wisher I met in the streets. I relocated from the streets to Kibera slum, the second largest urban slum in Africa. I slowly started building my life and hopping that one day I would go back to school. In 2021, I met a neigbour who introduced me to Garden of Hope Foundation. I could not let this opportunity go, becuase the money I was earning as a houselp was not enough to support me and my children. I joined the economic empowerement program with an aim of learning more about business. I am glad to have graduated from the program with 10 more young mothers like me."

June's story represents many young mothers who have had to go through many challenges to support themselves and their families. Thank you for supporting June and many others to get the much needed economic empowerment skills.