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I met Annet in 2018 while travelling through Kenya.
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The young women that we're currently supporting through our Equanimity Scholarship Program in Kenya.
Abigael - 14 years old
I chose not to keep cattle because it meant I have to become a nomadic pastoralist and this kind of lifestyle would deny me an opportunity to go to school. My mother is my biggest inspiration. I want to become a roads engineer or electrical engineer because we do not have good roads and electricity in our homes in my village.
Bancy - 16 years old
I am grateful for this amazing
opportunity that will allow me to join my dream school and also help me become the first doctor in our family. In future I want to give back to my community by building a health facility in my village and ease the burden of patients having to travel to other far away places to get
specialised treatment.
Caroline - 15 years old
Caroline works on her parents farm and helps take care of her younger siblings. I have no words to express how I feel because I am very overjoyed to know that I am going to
school. My dream is to become a dentist and help people keep their beautiful smiles."
Dorris - 14 years old
Dorris lives with her mother and brother and has recently gone through watching her mother and father separate. Dorris wants to become a lawyer. She says “I want to fight for families in court, after what we have gone through, I want to become a voice for all people who will be going through divorce or separation."
Felistus - 14 years old
I would like to become a doctor and work in our local hospital. My sisters and parents inspire me, we believe we are not limited to anything and we will conquer anything together through education. I am very happy and thankful to everyone who has contributed to
taking me to school.
Janet - 16 years old
Culture is integral to Janet's community. She is very proud of her Maasai culture and says that she loves their traditional dances and outfits. “My favourite subject is English and I would like to become a lawyer. My greatest inspiration is my aunt who is a student at the university studying journalism and mass communication. She is the first woman to go to university in our family and I want to become the first lawyer in our family."
Leah - 14 years old
I love reading story books and my favorite subjects are social studies and science, I also enjoy playing football. I would like to become a teacher because my class teacher always encouraged me to work hard. In return I want to help my family and other children. I am very happy because I will study peacefully without being sent home for school fees.
Lydia - 15 years old
I have seen my parents struggle to provide for us, we have not known stability for a long time hence I want to excel in my studies. With education my future is promising. I love sciences and mathematics and I want to become a lawyer and represent the people with cases in court.
Magdaline - 16 years old
I will be the first girl in our family to join secondary school. All my elder sisters were married off at a young age and some did not even graduate from primary school. I am very privileged and thankful for this opportunity which many girls in my village don't get." Magdalene would like to become a teacher when she finishes school. She was inspired by her teachers who kept encouraging her.
Martha - 15 years old
My sister is my role model because she was in a similar situation like I am in and after she received support through high school, she was able to do well and graduate to university. I would like to emulate her so that together in future we can help our mother, our grandparents and children like me. I would like to pursue a career in medicine because it fascinates me and I love how pharmacists prescribe drugs to patients. Thank you for believing in me, the sky's the limit for me now.
Mary - 15 years old
I love social studies, sciences and mathematics. I want to do well for the sake of my family. My father has always been my greatest champion encouraging me since I was a little girl, I also want to inspire my younger siblings. I want to pursue a career in water engineering because water is a very scarce resource in my community. We rely on rainfall for water which is never sufficient.
Mary - 14 years old
I love science subjects and reading story books as well. Once I am done with school, I want to pursue a career in wildlife as a conservationist. I am inspired by the employees who work at Ol Pejeta conservancy and I would like to become like them. I am grateful that I will be joining high school and make my mother proud and inspire my siblings to work hard and give back to my community.
Maryvins - 14 years old
I would like to become a doctor and specialize in orthopedics to help the old people and the young too. I was inspired by our neighbor who was the only clinical officer in the area and since he is deceased, I want to fill in the gap in our community. I also want to do my great grandmother proud and give her a better life. Thank you because the prospects of me joining high school were very minimal. I now have an opportunity to inspire many other young girls in my community.
Penina - 16 years old
During the weekend I work at our neighbours farms and the money I earn I help in buying food. Numerous times I also do not have feminine hygiene products. I love science and I would like to become a nurse in the future. I would like to work with children and hopefully also build a children’s hospital in my community. I am thankful that I now have a chance to realise my dreams and also uplift my mother’s living situation.
Sandra - 13 years old
I would like to become a neurosurgeon and help many patients diagnose their conditions in the early stages and also treat them and offer them support. My mother and younger sister inspire me a lot. They have never given up and keep on pushing even when times are very hard. I would like to say thank you to my donors for offering me an opportunity and other children in my community to pursue secondary education. I am also looking forward to helping those who will be less advantaged when I complete school.
Sarah - 16 years old
I did not want to go through early marriage as my friends and other girls in our family went through. I could not understand why my brothers were allowed to continue going to school while we girls were denied the opportunity. Boys are allowed to go to school and become anything they would like to but it’s not the case for girls. She hopes to become a journalist and use the media to reach out to a large audience about the importance of education for both genders.
Scholastica - 14 years old
Scholastica lives with her parents and two siblings in their village. She would like to be an accountant, her inspiration comes from the tellers she sees working in banks. “I would like to thank everyone who is involved in making my life better. It is so touching to realise that there are people who really care and would like to see me stride to greater heights. Thank you very much.”
Stella - 15 years old
I love reading story books and also stories written in our English and Kiswahili textbooks. They help me escape into the world of the characters and that blocks out everything that is worrying to me. I worked very hard in school because I knew it was the only way out. too. I would like to pursue a career in nursing because in our community we have a dispensary and the nurse is amazing. She has treated me several times and I just loved her work. I am thankful to you all for this wonderful journey that we are about to embark on.
Suleqha - 15 years old
I am very excited to join high school, my friends and I worked very hard because we were determined to go to our school of choice. We do not want to turn out like many girls in our community who never went to high school and ended up getting married at a very young age.reassuring. I love science and Kiswahili subjects, for this reason I would like to become an interior designer. I am inspired by my relatives who come from the coastal region of our country. Their houses are so beautifully designed hence I am drawn into the career.
Susan - 15 years old
I love mathematics and sciences and I would like to become an engineer and help in building roads in our community. My parents and neighbours have a rough time when transporting farm products to the market and whenever we have someone who is critically ill and needs to be rushed to hospital. I want to change that and am so thankful because I will now realise my dreams.
Sylvia - 15 years old
Sylvia is very hardworking and has not allowed her living conditions to impede her ambitions to succeed in life. She says “I do not want to suffer like my parents do, they work very hard and are involved in manual jobs which are very difficult. In school I love social studies and English subjects and my favourite teacher is my neighbour. I love how she is put together therefore I would like to become a teacher too and improve my family’s living conditions."
Teklar - 14 years old
I worked very hard because I know education is the only way out to living a better life. I see how my parents work hard to provide for us and at times it does not always turn out as anticipated due to situations that one cannot control like the weather and human wildlife conflict. I love farming and I would like to become an agricultural officer. I am inspired by the agricultural officers who come from Ol Pejeta conservancy and teach us on efficient farming methods.
Teresa - 14 years old
I would like to become a doctor because I have seen my mother suffer and the strain that her ailment has brought upon our family. We have foregone to a great extent our basic needs and I would like to change this by becoming a doctor and treating my mother and also many people who are suffering in my community. In addition, I want to uplift my family by starting a business for my father.
Vivian - 15 years old
Vivian lives with her elderly grandparents and sisters in their village. Her grandparents are small scale farmers and they also own three cows. "I want to meet with other girls from diverse backgrounds and more importantly graduate to university. I would like to become a doctor; my grandmother suffers from a back condition and I want to help her and others in similar conditions."