Precious writes: "My father was a driver but now deceased after he was involved in a fatal accident. This happened when I was 11 years old and in primary four, diverting all educational responsibilities to my mother who at the time only supported my father in his farm. She therefore could not afford to take care of my education and that of my siblings at the same time. Hence my grandparents whom I have been staying with since I was five years old opted to help pay for my education and that of one of my three siblings. The other two are with my mother. My grandfather is a peasant farmer who cultivates just what is enough to feed the home. This coupled with the fact that they have two other children to educate, makes it challenging for them to sustainably support my education. I am a determined young girl who believes that educating me is the greatest service I could ever do to myself, my community and my nation because I firmly believe in the saying...if..you educate a woman, you educate a nation. I therefore appeal to well wishers who believe in the girl child to assist me to pursue higher education to the university level and above to be able to achieve my goal of becoming a nurse in the near future. "

Swabra attends Ndono A-level School. In 2003 when I was 4 years old, my life turned to a storm when my father left the world. It was a very hard time for me as well as my mum. My mum cried all day long. She had to fight for the things my father owned but she ended up losing everything. My father’s relatives took all his property. My mother had a hard time because I was a small kid who needed to go to school with other children and to have the love of both a mother and a father, but I got neither. I had to study with my aunts, my mum’s sisters. My mum was almost dying because she didn’t know what to do to save me. I thank God I went to an orphanage center where I grew up and went to school. I started in nursery school and stayed until I completed my class seven. I was very happy when I joined The School Fund in 2012 when I was in Form 1. I enjoy doing journals and also associating with people from different levels of life. I thank God that I completed the Ordinary level at Ummu Salama Secondary School. I felt very proud after I got a positive result. It showed me that I can do something. Also it gave me the hope to pull up my socks and work harder than ever. I promise that my community will benefit a lot from me. All in all, I will help poor children to go to school and achieve their goals. I will help people go to the hospital when they fall sick and getting basic needs to poor people, in short helping all the community. My dream is to become a teacher. I request school funds from you so that I can continue studying and achieve my goals because education is the key to life. I promise that I will work hard and harder to reach my dream. Also I plan to give back to The School Fund after my dreams come true by assisting The School Fund’s learning facilities and being part of the peace and love among The School Fund team members. I LOVE THE SCHOOL FUND TEAM.

The first thing you notice about Mohamed is his big smile, which never seems to fade from his face. Much like his big sister Zahra (http://www.theschoolfund.org/cgi-bin/dyn?c=view&t=student&i=222), Mohamed is a bright and cheerful student who is always first to raise his hand and help out another student. Mohamed lives in an orphanage with two of his sisters and spends holidays with his relatives.