Our proteges

Name: Elisha

Gender: Female

Age: 6 years 

Grade: Class primary One    

Child ID: C202206    

Elisha lives with her aunt in a shared house. Her parents are no longer alive. Her aunt works doing cooking and laundry but struggles to pay Elisha’s school fees. 


Name: Elizabeth 

Gender: Female

Age: 4 years 

Grade: Class primary Two   

Child ID: C202207    

Elizabeth lives with her mother. Her father died from a bicycle accident. Elizabeth’s mother isn’t able to pay for school fees.


Name: Lillian 

Gender: Female

Age: 18  years 

Grade: Class Form Four    

Child ID: C202208     

Lillian’s family lives in a single room zinc house that heavily leaks during the rains. Accessibility to both water and electricity supply is very challenging for people living in that neighbourhood. Lillian’s mother is a peasant and finds it challenging to take care of Lillian and her siblings because she has very little or no help from any person since Lillian’s father death.  A year ago, Lillian’s mom almost went blind when she suffered a severe medical condition; she is gradually making progress with her health. Lillian is attending Senior Secondary School and she is in her final year in high school. She dreams of becoming a lawyer in the future and help fight for justice in her society.


Name: Liz 

Gender: Female

Age: 15 years 

Grade: Class Form Three     

Child ID: C202209     

Liz enjoys going to school and hopes to become a nurse when she grows up.  She enjoys studying, dancing and playing with her friends.  Her mom is a petty trader and father is a peasant but they do not make enough to support their children’s education.


Name: Johnson 

Gender: Male

Age: 12/04/2016

Grade: Class Primary One      

Child ID: C202210     

Favorite thing to do when alone: draw pictures with all kinds of different colors

Favorite thing to do with friends: play football because there are many of us and we can all play together

Help out at home by: fetching water from the borehole near our house

Someday I would like to: finish my education and help my father to make our life better

My personality or demeanor is: friendly, outgoing, and personable