List of Students Who Need Sponsors

Regina Ntinka Meikan

Regina's father does not believe in educating girls, and planned to marry her off this year at the age of 12. But Regina desperately wanted to go to school, and ran away several times, only to be brought back home under threat that both she and her mother would be sent away forever. But with the help of an aunt, and an MGEF board member, her wish finally came true. At age 12, she enrolled in school for the first time.

Date of Birth: 01/01/1998
Started Program: 34 weeks 5 days ago
Start Grade: 1st Grade (Class 1)
Current Grade: 1st Grade (Class 1)
School: AIC Girls Primary Boarding School
Annual Education Cost: $375

Josephine Tutayo Moshira

Tutayo's mother is widowed and is the sole support of her four children. Tutayo completed primary school, but could not have gone on to secondary school without a scholarship. After secondary school she was admitted to Kenyatta University and is majoring in Business Administration, with a focus on tourism and hotel management. She will graduate in 2012.

Date of Birth: 09/09/1987
Started Program: 6 years 1 week ago
Start Grade: 9th Grade (Form 1)
Current Grade: University
School: Kenyatta University
Annual Education Cost: $1,975

Samato Alphine Muyang’ai

Samato is the youngest of her mother’s 10 children. Her father is deceased, leaving two wives. Four of the boys died, 3 brothers are unemployed and 1 has a scholarship. Her only sister had to drop out of school due to lack of funds and is now married. Her mother is illiterate and has no education and she barely ekes out a subsistence living for her family by selling milk or making charcoal.

Date of Birth: 04/04/1990
Started Program: 6 years 35 weeks ago
Start Grade: 6th Grade (Class 6)
Current Grade: 12th Grade (Form 4)
School: AIC Nunguni Secondary School
Annual Education Cost: $470

Jane Sesia Ndisha

Jane is one of her father's 20 children, eight boys and 12 girls from his two wives. Neither of her parents are educated. During one extended drought, her parents wanted her to marry so that they could replenish their cattle herd. But she was already in secondary school and desperately wanted to complete her education. She is studying to become a dental technician, and will graduate in 2010.

Date of Birth: 12/31/1987
Started Program: 3 years 1 week ago
Start Grade: 10th Grade (Form 2)
Current Grade: College
School: Mt Kenya University
Annual Education Cost: $1,480

Pilale Pakire Nkumama

Pilale is one of 15 children born to her father's three wives. Her mother has no education. Pilale is the fifth child in her birth mother's house. Her father does not believe in educating girls and has already married off his eldest daughter at age 16. The family is extremely poor, and the prospect of a dowry of cows, goats and cash in such a family places Pilale at high risk to be married as soon as she reaches puberty.

Date of Birth: 01/01/2000
Started Program: 2 years 6 days ago
Start Grade: 1st Grade (Class 1)
Current Grade: 3rd Grade (Class 3)
School: Kajiado Adventist Primary School
Annual Education Cost: $625