Meet The Girls

Ruth Apoko comes from a family of seven. Her parents can barely support the family on their income as a farmer and schoolteacher. Due to income constraints they are only able to pay for the education of one sibling at a time. Now Ruth will be able to start her studies at the Kagumo Teacher's College while her sister, Lydia, is enrolled in school and can start earning an income that can help support her family.

Doris Michoki lost her father at age 10 and has recently been helping her mother fight cancer. Doris and her younger brother have been relocated several times so that their mother could have better access to medical care. Doris has chosen to study business so that she can support her younger brother as he grows up. Doris will now be able to study accounting at the Moi University, School of Business and Economics.

Milcent Alividza Kasievera is the first born in a family of seven children. Milcent and her six siblings all work as farmers to support the family and care for their elderly parents. Milcent will study accounting at the Moi University, School of Business and Economics.

Mercy Mwangi is an only child and was abandoned by her mother at birth and does not know either of her parents. She was taken in by a pastor as a baby and was brought up as one of his own children. She will now be able to study accounting at the Kitale Technical Training Institute.

Rachel Okune is from a family of four children and grew up in a rural area called Butere and then moved to the city of Nairobi to live with her older sister. She will pursue a Bachelor of Business Management at Mount Kenya University.

Pamela Mung’oni is the oldest of seven children. Pamela’s parents work as peasant farmers and were unable to save enough money to send her to college. Immediately after high school, Pamela took an extremely low paying job in sales with the hope of raising her college tuition on her own; she no longer needs to worry about where her next tuition payment is coming from. She is studying business management at The Kenya Institute of Management.

Rosebellah Wamblo is the daughter of a hospital administrator and a schoolteacher. While her parents could send some of their children to school, they could not send them all, and as the case usually goes in Kenya, Rosebellah was passed over due to her sex. Rosebellah did not let this set her back and is a businesswoman in every sense of the word. She started her own small business, selling oranges, at a local shopping center. Rosebellah is now studying accounting at the Kenya College of Accountancy.

Nancy Were lost both of her parents to unrelated tragedies in the same year. Nancy’s grandparents, who raised Nancy from the age of ten, are now very elderly and unable to afford to send Nancy or any of her siblings to college. Nancy is now studying education at The Presbyterian University of East Africa.

Esther Anajawa became an orphan in 2009 following the tragic death of both of her parents. After their parents’ death, Esther and her four siblings were sent to live with an assigned guardian. The guardian was able to provide food and shelter, but could never replace the unwavering and loving support that Esther’s parents provided. She is now studying at Bishop Hannington Teacher’s College.