Nicolaus attends Kibiti A-level School. It was approximately 10 years ago when I was told by the teacher to go back home for failing to pay the tuition fee. I arrived home and found my mother crying due to my young brother’s serious sickness. I also observed how my parents were unable to take him to the hospital for lack of money. Honestly, it was too hard to tell my parents about the tuition fee that sent me back home from school. I thought if they were unable even to take my young brother to the hospital, how could they afford to give me the tuition fee? Then I secretly told my mother about that issue. She told me to put on my school uniform, take my exercise book, and review what my teacher taught in the last session. I had to wait until they got the money and then they would give it to me. So from this I learned that I have to study very hard in order to reach my dream to revive my house’s standard of living, helping my family and other people. The happiest moment in my life started soon when I was selected as a student to be funded by The School Fund. Honestly this was the very happiest moment because I knew it was the way to help me to reach my dream. This is because I was told that TSF will help me in education, the key of my life, when my parents were not able to afford to pay for my education and learning essentials. To be an engineer is a dream of my life. Every day when I wake up from sleep, I think thoroughly on how I can be an engineer. The only way to be an engineer, I think, is through studying and passing my exams, especially the courses in engineering. Therefore, I will increase effort in studying in order to pass the exams with the best grades so that I will be able to get there. Honestly, after fulfilling my dreams of becoming what I want to be, I plan to give back very greatly to the community of Tanzania and the entire world. This is to for school to be free of cost, maybe colleges as well. In other countries, people study and get education for no cost and education is provided for free as The School Fund does for us.

I have an older brother and a young one. My father is a tailor, my mother is a housewife. When my grandfather died, life became difficult. My parents had problem paying schools fees, as a result I had been missing some of my studies. I am a hardworking girl particularly in studies. I want to be a lawyer. I know the road is hard but I have always told myself that with determination I can achieve. When I saw my form 4 national exam results were good, I knew my hard work had paid off. The day I saw my name among the few chosen for advanced education, that was the happiest moment in my life. Two years from now I want to be in university so I can fulfill my lifelong dream. I always say you may not be perfect but you are good enough for something.