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Lucia is an only child. Her father and mother passed away the year she was born and she has been raised by her grandmother since. All of Lucia's uncles, with whom Lucia also lives, dropped out of school due to lack of financial and moral support. Unable to foresee a way to fund Lucia's Secondary School education, her grandmother and uncles often considered asking her to drop out once she had graduated primary school. Lucia aspired to one day become a nurse, but was not optimistic about her chances of receiving the necessary education to do so. Fortunately, Mr. Dan Murray, one of her teachers from standard eight, was able to personally counsel and encourage her. H.E.L.P Malawi in conjunction with the teachers of Nanthomba and the School Management Committee considered her age, need and interest to continue with education and decided to include her in the scholarship programme. She is now one of the lucky students in form one at Tsogolo Private Secondary School. "Though I lost all my parents, I can feel the love and passion from other people like H.E.L.P. Malawi and I am determined to see my dreams with my own eyes one day."