The School Fund TZ

Anna is number 8 in her class of 107 students. She has only a mother who is a peasant farmer and her father died when she was very young. Anna believes that with education, she will accomplish her dream of being an accountant.

Class Rank: 10/88 The most difficult experience I had early in life is when I got sent back home from school because my parents were unable to pay my school fees. I learn that attending school is a privilege, I treasure it and always put my best effort into study. My happiest moment in life it is when I passed my exam. My dream is to grow up to be a dentist. After my dream comes true, I will help those children who lost their parent(s) and street children to study. I will also help those young people who can't support their basic needs. I thank the School Fund for helping me reaching my dream. I will donate to the School Fund to continue support other students.

I am a student of form 5 at Lugalo Secondary School, taking CBG, chemistry, biology, and geography. My ambition is to be a laboratory officer. I can achieve my goal by working hard in my studies and cooperating well with my fellow students. My difficult experience is that my father was not able to pay for school fees and school needs like uniforms and exercise books. The moment when I felt proud of myself was when I selected to be sponsored by the School Fund. I was very happy. My happiest moment is when I passed in my form 4 national examination and got the chance to join form 5 at Lugalo Secondary School. Two years from now, I want to finish my advanced levels and go to University to learn to be a laboratory officer. Finally when I will reach my dreams, I would like to give back to the School Fund by helping other people because I think the School Fund is a source of achievement of dreams to students like me.

My life has had some challenges that affected my past school life. Due to lack of food at school and other things that I was supposed to acquire. I was not comfortable and I had to go back home. Our home situation is not good for learning. There is no electricity. We use a small solar, which has dim light. My happiest moment was being selected to go to secondary school. I and the other students were so happy. I am proud of my ability to understand what to do at school. I understand that joining bad groups will destroy my dreams. To me the aim of learning is to be an engineer. I learn through listening carefully to the teacher when in class and reading the materials. Four years from now, I will be at A-level.

The most difficult moment I had in life was the accident caused by motorcycle. This happened when I was on the way from home to school; I hurt my right leg during that accident. My father took me to the hospital and I was at home for three weeks and could not attend school. Another difficulty is school expenses. Sometimes my parents can’t fulfill my needs. It is hard time to get school bags, books, food, and other things. This weakened my academic performance in school. I was very impressed when I passed standard seven and was selected to join form 1 at Wel Wel Secondary School. I am proud of it because I was chosen among many. Four years from now I will be in A-levels somewhere in our country.

Marygoreth is ranked 3 in her class of 41 students. Her parents are not able to afford the school fees for secondary school. She would like to be either a teacher or a nurse so she can help people. She believes through education she will accomplish her goals.