Scholarship Program
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ur LCC pre-school in Kamarithu is now nine years old, and the children who started there at the age of 4 or 5 are now being accepted to high school. These children have loving families but live in abject poverty. Through our donors, we are able to provide the children with a strong preschool education and foundation to be successful in primary school. Nine years later, some of our earliest students are performing quite well on the national exam and being accepted to high school. For readers who are unfamiliar with the Kenyan education system, all 8th grade students take a national exam and approximately 25% are invited to attend high school. But, high schools in Kenya are
generally boarding schools and come at a significant cost to the families. Even day schools require that families pay school fees. In a country where the poorest citizens earn an income of $1/day (approximately $350/ year), a high school education for their children is an impossibility but is the best way for their children to break the cycle of generational poverty. Global Connections would like to commit to awarding high school scholarships to children who have been a part of our programs at the LCC (including children of our staff) if they perform exceptionally well on the national exam.
I am Simon Irungu and 16 years old. Since I came to LCC my life changed and started being better. I have enough food and shelter; I hope God will bless LCC for what theydone for many. I am an artist, I love to draw, this is my God given talent and I will not stop serving God in it. I hope one day I would be famous of it. We have friends called Global Connections and they are helpful for us. Without them, I don’t know where we could be. They have provided for us everything we need. Am going to high school right now and I will work hard to have a good life.
FIRST K-BRANCH PRE-SCHOOL STUDENT TO ATTEND HIGH SCHOOL Rachel Wangari Kihika received a letter of invitation from Kambui girls High School. She sat for her K.C.P.E last year and scored 325/ 500 marks and she went to a public school not private. She is the very first K- Branch K.C.P.E candidate and she did us all very proud. Rachel wants to pursue medicine and nothing else in future, that is her passion and dream and we wish her nothing but the very best.
Simon Irungu Limuru Children Centre is a good place to be and to grow up in. I love being a member of this family. I am grateful for all who takes care of us and I also pray for them for long last in this world. I would like to thank God and all who are a part of LCC. May God Bless you all. I love my family. Me, Patrick, I am a sportsperson. I like participating in any games and doing my best in school and also in life.
Patrick Kiarie p5 | Spring 2016