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Fiona is the last born in a family of three. She lives with both her parents who are casual labourers. Her mother had a major surgery on her left hand in 2020. This made them sell part of their property to take care of the medical bills and thus reducing their income significantly and again making it very difficult for them to take care of the education bills of their children. Fiona drew her inspiration to pursue success from her Math teacher and she aspires to be a civil engineer to make contributions in the development of infrastructure in her village.

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Total $500
  • Uniform
    $100
  • Tuition
    $400

Fiona's Funding history

Year Grade Receipt Status
2025 Form 1

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Fiona
Thu, November 7, 2024 at 7:09 am GMT
Dear James and Lisa Burns,
I hope you are fine.My family and I are very fine. I take this golden opportunity to thank you for your support towards my school fees. I am overwhelmed by joy and happiness. Thank you once again for ensuring that I am never send home for school fees. I wish you the very best in everything that you do.
Have a nice time with your families
Fiona
Tue, October 29, 2024 at 9:25 am GMT
Hi friends,
I hope you are fine ,on my side i am fine. I take this opportunity to thank you for your generosity.
We have been given a long holiday and i will help my mother who just delivered a new baby with house hold duties.
Since I joined high school my life at school has been good because am always in school, and I am never sent home for school fees.During my time in school I am always busy with my studies and this has helped me to improve in my grades. I will be joining form two next year and I can´t wait to see what the new class holds for me.
our climate in school is very favourable.
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