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In my early life I experienced several challenges. One of the most difficult is blindness of my father; He is the one who has paid for my school requirements. I was disappointed when my dreams were in danger. In my future I plan to be a famous scientist all over the world and I am going to attain this by learning several books, listening, and putting more effort in classroom exercises. The moment that I was most proud of is the day I was selected as school head prefect. This shows me that I have leadership skills. Another proud moment was when I passed my national examination. It made me feel that I am good in the class. I hope that I will be in the university four years from now.

Class Rank: 14/88 My happiest moment in my life is when I was selected to join Iringa Girls Secondary School. Thank God for that! I felt sad when my friends was sick and not able to get treated because lack of money. I made up my mind after I grow up I will help those sick people. My dream is to become a medical doctor. I will study harder than other students, and do a lot exercise practices on my subjects. When I become a doctor, I will work in the village where medical resource is lacking. I will contribute part of my income to the School Fund to help those in need of education.

I want to grow up to be a Heart Doctor because there are so many people I know suffer with heart problem. My happiest moment in my life is also the moment I felt so proud of myself. That is when I passed my national exams with the highest in the class. After I become a doctor, I will come back to my community and help those less fortunate people. I also plan to help the School Fund with portion of my salary.

I am the oldest in a family of two children. I come from Iringa but now I live in Dar es Salaam with my mother. I completed my ordinary education level last year and now am taking pre-form 5 studies. I have never seen my father since I was born. My mother has no work so that she cannot pay the school fees and all the necessities of school. I went to school even though I had nothing. I hope that difficult situation never repeats in my life. I was very happy when I found out that I was among the students sponsored by TSF. I want to be a doctor of children. In education, I believe "my effort today, will determine my life tomorrow, and help others".

My name is Eliza. I am living with my parents. My dream is to be a doctor. My life changed in 2010 when our father's business failed. To reach my dream to be a doctor, I will work hard and focus only on studying and I will pass my form 6 examination with division I. The hardest thing I have experienced at school is when I hear other students talk about poor people in a negative way. When I hear that, I think it is discrimination. It is not our fault that we were born poor. The thing I like mostly to do is pray to God. I do believe He is in charge of the universe and tries to help people to do the right things. My happiest moment is when I am at school and studying hard because then I know I am working toward fulfilling my dream to become a doctor. I thank The School Fund for supporting my education. Without their help I would never be where I am today.

Aziza is the first in her class. Her grandmother raised Aziza after her mother left her and her siblings with their father. She has never met her mother, though she has hear that she may be in Arusha. Aziza's father is a small scale peasant and therefore unable to afford to take care of his family of five. Aziza belives: "Education will help me to achieve my dreams and help others who are in problems like me."