List of Students

Jane Nashipae Ntusero

Nashipae's father died before she was school age, leaving her mother with six children, four sons and two daughters. The family went to live with her mother's parents, who still had young children to raise themselves. When Nashipae was brought to MGEF's attention, she was 8 years old and had never been to school. Just after Christmas in 2008, Nashipae's mother died after a brief illness, so she is now an orphan and continues to live with her grandmother during school breaks.

Date of Birth: 10/21/1995
Started Program: 7 years 35 weeks ago
Start Grade: Preschool
Current Grade: 7th Grade (Class 7)
School: Kajiado Hill Academy
Sponsored: Yes

Evelyn Naserian Oltinki

Evelyn made it through primary school, but would not have been able to go to secondary school without the MGEF scholarship. She is now enrolled at the university to earn a degree in education.

Date of Birth: 10/15/1989
Started Program: 6 years 35 weeks ago
Start Grade: 9th Grade (Form 1)
Current Grade: University
School: Kenyatta University
Sponsored: No

Christine Naskieku Parmitoro

When MGEF learned about Christine, her father had two wives and 11 children. Christine was 11 years old when she enrolled in school, but the family could not afford to keep her in school. Only one brother had enrolled in school, but even he had to drop out after primary school.

Date of Birth: 01/01/1990
Started Program: 7 years 35 weeks ago
Start Grade: 4th Grade (Class 4)
Current Grade: 11th Grade (Form 3)
School: Embakasi Girls Secondary School
Sponsored: No

Namunyak Partati

Namunyak is the younger sister of Nailepu. Their father does not believe in educating girls, but their mother passionately wanted her daughters to go to school and expressed this wish to everyone she met. Without her husband's support, it was impossible to pay the education costs. MGEF learned about the girls in 2007 from an American woman who had visited Kenya and met their mother.

Date of Birth: 01/01/1997
Started Program: 3 years 14 weeks ago
Start Grade: 1st Grade (Class 1)
Current Grade: 3rd Grade (Class 3)
School: Kajiado Adventist Primary School
Sponsored: Yes

Nailepu Partati

Nailpu's father does not believe in educating his daughters, but her mother does and expressed her concern that her daughters would be married off as soon as they "crossed the childhood bridge." MGEF learned about Nailepu and her sister Namunyak in 2007 from an American woman who had visited Kenya and met their mother. The family is very poor, and the girls needed a scholarship in order to get an education.