Akili Girls School | gatesofhope

THE AKILI GIRLS

GIVING HOPE THROUGH EDUCATION

We are proudly supporting a class of 22 girls through their primary years of education. Akili Girls School in Obunga Slum is making an astounding impact on its community by providing education to its youth, and jobs for its residents. Through their sustainability-model, they have been able to hire farm hands, teachers, ground keepers and administrators all from within, while raising funds for their operation. By developing their community from the inside-out, with quality education as their cornerstone, the Akili Girls school is transforming lives and sustainably developing communities. Below are the fifteen girls receiving Gates of Hope Scholarships!

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Mitchel Atieno

Mitchel is the first born in a family of 2. Her mother is a housewife and her father rides a motorbike to fend for the family. She would stay home for several days when sent to get school fees because the parents cannot provide. We admitted her to Akili Prep in 2012 after seeing how her parents were suffering in the slum. Mitchel wants to be a teacher when she grows up.

Magdalene Atieno

Magdalene was admitted to Akili Prep School in Jan 2014. She was brought in by a good Samaritan who stays with her in Obunga slum. She said she found her suffering in the village with her grandmother. She is a total orphan. She is old for her class and is having difficulties in reading and writing. We are still gathering more information about her so that we can update her file.

Lilian Atieno

Lilian stays with both parents in Obunga. She is the first born in a family of 3. The dad is handcart pusher carrying goods for people in the slum while the mother is a fish monger. They struggle to provide for their family and to educate them. Lilian wants to be a lawyer after school.

Lilian Akoth

Lilian is the first born in a family of 2. She lives with her grandmother in Obunga slums. The grandmother has 5 children of her own and brews alcohol illegally, to support them. Her single mother is addicted to alcohol & is homeless. She is always drunk & cannot take care of her 2 kids. One day she went to drink with Lillian’s little sister Gloria and she got drunk & fell with her in a ditch and was injured. Gloria later died. Lilian wants to be a doctor & help her mother overcome alcoholism.

Jovlet Opayi

Jovlet stays with both her parents in the Obunga slums. She is the first born in a family of 2. Her mother is a housewife and her dad a casual laborer in a fish factory in Obunga. Sometimes he doesn't get work even for 3 days and the family goes without food. He struggles to pay fees for Jovlet. She wants to be a teacher when she grows up and show children how to read.

Jentrix Elkweme

Jentrix lives with both her parents in Obunga. She is the 1st born in a family of 4. Her father rides a motorbike transporting people from Obunga to town to support their family. Her mother sells vegetables near her house. They have been struggling to pay fees for their children. Jentrix wants to be a nurse and treat people who are sick in her community.

Faith Ndienyi

Faith is the first born in a family of 3. She lives with her mother who washes fish for the fish mongers in Obunga to earn income to feed the family. Her dad passed away 3 years ago leaving the mother with the burden of raising the kids. Faith wants to be a nurse when she grows up.

Everlyne Atieno

Everlyne is the first born in a family of 2. She stays with both parents in Obunga slum. Her dad rides a motorbike while her mother sells vegetables by the roadside to feed the family. Their meager income cannot suffice and they struggle to keep their 2 kids in school. Everlyne wants to be a teacher when she grows up.

Cynthia Awuor

Cynthia Awuor lives with both parents in Obunga. She is the last born in a family of 6. Both her parents work as casual laborers at a local fish factory. The dad is a drunkard and always squanders all the money leaving the mother to struggle with feeding the children and paying fees for all the six children some of whom are in high school and college. Cynthia wants to be a doctor when she grows up.

Cynthia Auma

Cynthia Auma lives with both her parents in Obunga slum. She is the first born in a family of 3 and wants to be a doctor after school. Her mother sells vegetables by the roadside in the slum to feed the family while her dad rides a motorbike which he rents from people and use it to transport residents to town at a fee. Cynthia joined Akili Prep School in 2012. The parents have been struggling to support them through education.

Velma Atieno

Velma lives with both her parents in Obunga. Her father had 3 wives (the 1st wife passed away) and 9 children. Velma is the 1st born from the 3rd wife. Her father is a mason and the sole breadwinner. Sometimes he doesn't get work and is unable to provide for the family. Her mother is a housewife. She wants to be a doctor when she grows up.

Tracy Akoth

Tracy lives with both her parents in Obunga slum. She is the 2nd born in a family of 3. Her father operates a tuk tuk (3 wheeled taxi) which he uses to transport people to town. He pays rent for the tuk tuk and sometimes he hardly has enough to bring home. Her mother is a housewife. Tracy wants to be a nurse when she grows up.

Stephanie Regina

Stephanie lives in the Obunga slums with her parents. She is the second born in a family of three. Her mother washes clothes for people in order to provide food for the family while her father makes tin lamps and cooking pots to supplement the family income. Her parents are struggling to support her in school since they hardly have enough to put food on the table. Stephanie wants to be a nurse when she grows up.

Pheny Atieno

Pheny lives with her mother in Obunga. She is the 2nd born in a family of 2. Her dad passed away in 2011 after a long illness. Her mother has been struggling to support them by selling potato chips by the roadside in Obunga. The meager income she gets is not enough to pay for rent, food and take the kids to school. She wants to be a teacher when she grows up.

Mya Daniella

Mya Daniella comes from a single parent family. She stays with her mother who is a casual laborer in a local fish factory in Obunga. Her mom would always leave her with the neighbors as she went to work to fend for the family. The mother struggles to pay rent for her and her daughter and see her through school and is an epitome of the struggles many teenage mothers go through to make a living in the slum. Mya wants to be a teacher when she grows up.

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