Gloria Mumeita Kotente

When Mumeita completed her first year of secondary school, her parents were no longer able to pay school fees.  Mumeita was an A student with a bright future ahead of her, so outstanding that letters of recommendation were attached to her application for scholarship from the headteacher of her primary school and from the assistant chief in the area where she lived.  Mumeita lived up to these recommendations and graduated from Moi Girls Secondary School in November 2009, achieving an A- on the Kenya national test, almost unheard of for a Maasai girl from rural Kenya.  She would like to go to medical school, but has been told that she needs at least an A on the national test to qualify.  Her university education is pending.