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My life has been difficult since my mother died in 2013 and I was left with my siblings. My father has been gone since I was very young and he does not care for us. There was no one who could pay for our school requirement. I thank my sibling who tried a lot in order for me to attend Form 1. It is through her kindness that I was able to do so. My dream is to become a doctor and I will get there through studying hard. I thank the School Fund for the scholarship.

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Total $175
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Mariamu's Funding history

Year Grade Receipt Status
2018 Form III
2017 Form II

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Susan
Sun, December 9, 2018 at 9:45 pm GMT
Hi Students!

I just read all the journal entries I have received since October. Such wonderful letters! I am so impressed by how mature and articulate you have become. I’m realizing that I have now been reading some of your journals for 5 years. When I look at your photos, I don’t recognize the child I first knew. You are teenagers now.
I especially love the stories that some of you told in your journals. Moral tales, I call them.

So congratulations for working so hard. I’m hoping you will achieve your goals, go to a university if you want, and become productive members of your community, and able to help others as you have been helped.

I am enjoying retirement. My age of 76 is bringing on a bit of health problems, like arthritis, but I keep active physically and don’t let it stop me from doing what I love to do.

I read a lot. I travel. I go to jazz concerts in San Francisco. I would love to return to Kenya and Tanzania for a visit. I’d love to visit your school. Maybe it will happen. Who knows?

So keep up the great efforts. I know it can’t be easy, but this is such a wonderful opportunity.

Very fondly, Susan
Mariamu
Tue, December 5, 2017 at 9:22 am GMT
Hi Susan.
I want to share about water.What Is Water?
Water is a simple chemical compound. Each molecule of water contains two hydrogen atoms (H
) and one oxygen
atom (O). That’s why the chemical formula for water is H
O. If water is so simple, why is it special? Water is one
of the few substances that exists on Earth in all three states of matter. Water occurs as a gas, a liquid and a solid.
You drink liquid water and use it to shower. You breathe gaseous water vapor in the air. You may go ice skating on
a pond covered with solid water — ice — in the winter.
Where Is Earth’s Freshwater?

Earth is often called the “water planet.”
EARTH’S FRESH WATER

in the clouds that rise above the planet.

Take a look at this image. Do you
think that Earth deserves the name
&#8220 water planet&#8221
Most of Earth’s water is salt water in the ocean
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