List of Students

Dorothy Siyiapei Malleon

Dorothy's father died when she was eight years old. Wth help from relatives, she was able to complete secondary school, but that was the end of her education. Her mother died in 2009, and she and her sister have been living with an aunt. With an MGEF scholarship she is now enrolled in college to earn a diploma in telecommunication systems and will graduate in 2011.

Date of Birth: 02/06/1991
Started Program: 35 weeks 4 days ago
Start Grade: College
Current Grade: College
School: Multimedia University College of Kenya
Sponsored: No

Irene Liteita Mamayio

Irene's father died in 1991, when she was 5 years old, leaving her mother with five children to support. Her mother has no education and her only means of support is to sell the milk from her two cows. Due to lack of funds, an older brother attended school for only three years, and her older sister has no education and is married.

Date of Birth: 11/12/1986
Started Program: 7 years 35 weeks ago
Start Grade: 5th Grade (Class 5)
Current Grade: 10th Grade (Form 2)
School: Gigiri Lions Girls School
Sponsored: No

Simaloi Matuntah

Simaloi was destined not to go to school. Her family was extremely poor and barely supported the family of five children by selling milk. The nearest school was 15 kilometers from their home.

Date of Birth: 09/28/1991
Started Program: 6 years 35 weeks ago
Start Grade: 5th Grade (Class 5)
Current Grade: 11th Grade (Form 3)
School: AIC Girls Secondary School
Sponsored: No

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
Sponsored: No

Sintama Melita

Sintama's family is extremely poor. Her father has two wives and 10 children. When Sintama received the MGEF scholarship, only two of her siblings had enrolled in school, and her three sisters were already married, which would have been her fate "as soon as she crossed the childhood bridge," as they say.

Date of Birth: 11/13/1991
Started Program: 10 years 36 weeks ago
Start Grade: 2nd Grade (Class 2)
Current Grade: 9th Grade (Form 1)
School: Baraka Oontoyie Girls Secondary School
Sponsored: Yes