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Syongwa is the first-born child in a family of four. She lives with her grandmother together with her siblings. Syongwa has been working hard in school. She has remained focused in achieving her dreams. Despite the challenges she faced in her primary education she managed to score exemplary marks. Her grandmother has remained to be her encouragement to do the best in school. Due to poverty her mother neglected the children and left them with their grandmother. Syongwa dreams to be a journalist in future in order to advocate for the plight of girls especially orphans in the media. She believes that hard work never goes unrewarded.

Where your donation goes

Total $500
  • Food
    $110
  • Boarding
    $130
  • Tuition
    $110
  • Other
    $30
  • Uniform
    $120

Syongwa's Funding history

Year Grade Receipt Status
2024 Form 4
2023 Form 3
2022 Form 2
2021 Form 1
2020 Form 1

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Hey Melissa,
I'm soo glad that you replied back .
I am also on Instagram but I don't usually visit my account.I love Tik Tok soo much because it is a pool of fun and comedy.
I will be home for two months only.There has been a nationwide strike conducted and organised by lecturers all over the country ,so many students are not able to access classes.The lecturers aren't willing to go back for teaching unless the government pays them a debt of 7.9 billion which the government promised them and never paid them and now they are demanding it .There has been a Cholera outbreak in some parts of the country which has fataly killed about 45 citizens and others are still in hospitals getting treatment.
I'm very happy to have a good friend like you who always checks on me from abroad.
When you go to any school around your place greet all the students and tell them I love them soo much .Maybe one day I'll be teaching in USA and meet some of them.
I also send warm greetings to your family through you.Greet your brother and tell him I'm also a teacher and love doing some math.

I would also like to teach you a Swahili greeting called "Jambo" - you can use it in the place of hello.Hope you will get to know it soon.
I will be very happy to see you physically one day in my life .
Regards ,
Emma.
Dear Emma,
I am sorry to hear that you might have to withdraw from university for a semester. I hope that you will be able to return, especially if the faculty return soon as well.
Yes, Charlie Kirk's wife, Erika, hugged Donald Trump at her husband's funeral service. Charlie's assassination is a tragedy, both for Erika and their two children, but also for our country. He was a man who truly embodied openness and free speech. He was willing to talk to anyone who wanted to debate him, and he was kind in the process.
I am not on TikTok, so I don't know anything about the channel you mentioned. I look at Instagram about once a week, to see what my friends have posted.
Your grandmother must love you very much. :)
Stay in touch,
Melissa
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