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Sawe excels in math and science and loves to learn. She is currently interested in learning computer programming. She wants to go on to university so that she can have a better life. Sawe has 3 younger sisters who were born at the same time (triplets). Since triplets were unexpected, her mother had to have a C-section and the family is still paying off the medical bills. Although she loves her sisters, her parents did not expect to have so many children and they are struggling to improve their standard of living. Her parents are both unemployed and take on various short term jobs when they can.

I am a student at Karen C Girls High School, and went to primary school at Green Pastures Primary School. My mother on manaes to do casual jobs to put food on our table, so this scholarship is my only chance to go to high school. I really appreciate and am humbled by this opportunity. At my high school, I am the only student from the urban slums and this was a difficult adjustment. I will work hard to succeed so I can improve my family and community's living standards. I am very thankful for the chance to attend high school.

"I and my other two brothers live with our mother, who has been single for many years. My mother has always encouraged me to be of good faith despite so many challenges in our family. My head teacher has picked me from nothing and helped me manage my primary education and I hope to also touch another person with a good heart to help me go to secondary school in order to achieve my dreams. After Form 4, I aim to get an A grade on my exams that will enable me to join university. In university I would like to study well for me to become a journalist. The reason why I would like to be a journalist is that I will have an opportunity to know what is happening in daily life, especially where people undergo hardship (i.e. poverty, lack of water, children without going to school, orphans). I will be able to bring these issues to the media and good citizens will be able to see, read, and visit such people. I also have a vision to start a project that will be generating money to help all the needy children like me. "

Collins comes from a family of humble means. His father works as a casual laborer and his mother is a housewife who does not earn an income. He is grateful to all the extended family members and well wishers who provided him with financial assistance to pay for his school fees and books. Collins is a motivated and hardworking student. He dreams of becoming a successful doctor, one who mentors his colleagues as well as younger children and serves as a role model for them. He also has strong public speaking skills, and wishes to use them in delivering motivational speeches to his peers.

My hobbies are drawing, painting, and reading. I also enjoy practicing my typing on computers in school and training myself to learn how to swim when I can. My favorite subject is art because it involves a lot of painting, colouring, drawing, and some cut-outs. When I grow up, I would like to be an optician. Although opticians have tough times, I will not give up on my dream because I would like to give something back to the community. I would love to be a famous optician known around the whole of world. My dream is to travel the world helping people with their eye problems. I would like to thank my mum for all the good things that have happened to me and the C.E.O of our school, Kennedy Odede. He is my role model.

After finishing school I would like to be in a better place than where I am now. I would like to have a better job so that I can even move my parents from the slums to an estate. I would like to build my parents a permanent house which will have everything they need. In the next 10 years, I am hoping that I will have my own family and will be living happily with them. I will teach my children to have good morals. If I succeed in my education, I will try my best to help people who are living in the slums and give scholarships to children who do their best on exams.