List of Students Who Need Sponsors

Catherine Timanoi Koyiah

Timanoi's father has been trying to marry her off since she graduated from primary school, but an MGEF scholarship kept her in school. She is the first of five children living in extreme poverty, dependent on relief food during the droughts. Timanoi was accepted to the Faculty of Veterninary Medicine at the University of Nairobi in September 2009, and we believe the first Maasai woman to be accepted to this program. Her father still wants to marry her off, but in Timanoi's words, "I am not ready to be someone's wife. I would like to achieve my academic goals and change the living standard of our family."

Date of Birth: 12/08/1990
Started Program: 6 years 36 weeks ago
Start Grade: 9th Grade (Form 1)
Current Grade: University
School: University of Nairobi
Annual Education Cost: $3,000

Esho Faith Lantei

Esho Faith had to drop out after she completed her primary school education because her parents could not afford secondary school fees and her father wanted to marry her off. Her mother was not treated well by her husband after he took a new wife in 2007, and she and her mother moved in with relatives to prevent Esho Faith's unwanted marriage.

Date of Birth: 01/01/1995
Started Program: 3 years 36 weeks ago
Start Grade: 9th Grade (Form 1)
Current Grade: 11th Grade (Form 3)
School: AIC Girls Secondary School
Annual Education Cost: $400

Jackline Mulancha Lelit

Jackline Mulancha Lelit’s father is deceased, leaving three wives to support their combined 21 children. None of his wives are educated, but they manage to eke out a meager income from selling milk in the local market. Jackline Mulancha persists in school so that some day she can help support her family.

Date of Birth: 12/20/1992
Started Program: 7 years 35 weeks ago
Start Grade: 5th Grade (Class 5)
Current Grade: 12th Grade (Form 4)
School: AIC Nunguni Secondary School
Annual Education Cost: $350

Esther Lemanyi

Esther's parents wanted her to be educated but could not afford to keep her in school. Her education would have ended after the sixth grade. When she received the MGEF scholarship, she was the only girl in her family to have enrolled in school. She is working for a degree in Business Administration in accounting.

Date of Birth: 01/01/1989
Started Program: 7 years 36 weeks ago
Start Grade: 7th Grade (Class 7)
Current Grade: University
School: Kenyatta University
Annual Education Cost: $2,000

Winnie Natilikia Lemayian

Winnie's mother, a teacher in an elementary school, unexpectedly passed away in May 2007. Winnie's life became less stable; her father remarried and abandoned Winnie and her four brothers. With no one to pay for Winnie's education, she would have had to drop out of school. Her grandmother contacted MGEF and requested assistance for Winnie.

Date of Birth: 12/22/1991
Started Program: 1 year 35 weeks ago
Start Grade: 9th Grade (Form 1)
Current Grade: 10th Grade (Form 2)
School: Sister Mary Stephen Nkoitoi Secondary School
Annual Education Cost: $700