Emily 

Emily is 17 years old and attends form 3 of the Kisumu Girls High School. Her hobbies include travelling and reading and her favourite subject is Chemistry. It is her ambition to become a medical doctor and offer medical services to the needy in the world especially those living in informal villages. Her father is a junior paramedic in a hospital and her mother is a housewife. They have very little income. Emily’s appeal to the Geno Project:

“My school is a national school and I want to affirm I am grateful to the Geno Project. I am now confident I will join a university come 2017. My school has adequate and committed teachers. There is high level of discipline amongst the girls.

The last four years the performance of the school has been good. This gives us the confidence that we shall do well. But I need a sponsor. The Geno project has a heavy responsibility. Please find it appropriate chipping in to help the girl child from Kenya.

My father works for a church hospital and what he earns cannot sustain me in this school for even a term. Solomon our mentor has been very helpful to us. He encourages us to work hard no matter the conditions. We are competing against the children of well to do people in Kenya and God is for us. We shall make it in our lives.

I promise to improve the lives of people in Kenya, Africa and the world over when I graduate as a medical doctor. Apart from academics, we invite all our friends to come to Kenya and enjoy the wild beast migration, considered the eighth wonder in the world.”

Ernest

Ernest is 16 years old and is attending form 2 of Ringa boys’ high school. His hobbies include playing football and reading novels and his favourite subject is History. It is his ambition to become a lawyer and it is his dream to change most people’s attitudes from negative to positive. Ernest is an orphan and currently lives with his 85 year old grandmother who is a farmer but relies heavily on the help of others. Ernest’s appeal to the Geno Project:

“In our family I am the first and last born. Both my parents died while I was ten years of age. I am left with an illiterate grandmother who doesn’t know the benefits education brings to families and communities. But I am determined to go places.

When you have no dad to read you stories, throw you a ball, take you to places, what do you do? You make some hard decisions. Work hard, emulate people that are your role models. I exchange views with a number of my peers. But I am determined to make it academically to the top. Orphans depend on God to take care of them. I am one of them.

My appeal is that I need sponsorship to complete my education. The Geno Project has been generous with us. These are good hearted people who help those that need help like me. Our social structures are so weak that without outside assistance, some bright needy children just disappear in thin air in Africa. Please we need a helping hand.

I do not know why both my parents had to leave me so young struggling in this cruel world. But this was my fate and I must come up with strategies to improve my life.”

Jackline

Jackline is 16 years old and attends form 3 of Ogande Girls High school. Her hobbies include volleyball and debating and her favourite subject is mathematics. It is her dream to become a top notch nurse taking care of all manner of patients. Her father is a fisherman and her mother is a housewife. Jackline’s appeal to the Geno Project:

“My school Ogande Girls High school is one of the established schools in Kenya. My parents are so poor and ailing that without the support I have received all along, I wouldn’t have been able to attend this school. I want to be a nurse so that I can later on take care of the sick like my dad and mum.

We need financial and moral support. The Geno Project has taken it upon itself to look for sponsors for us. Please support the project so that the same support reaches us. We detest ignorance and we cherish school because of this.

Without Geno supporting us, let the truth be told, we would not be in these good schools. We have the school community that is determined to achieve positive results for the girls. We are three girls from Osika in this school and we have resolved to work very hard. We do realize that nothing replaces hard work.

I promise not to let my sponsor down. I will be resilient in my work and the future I know is bright. Solomon has told us many times that a person without dreams is like a rudderless ship in turbulent waters. We are dreaming and dreaming big.

I appeal to you to join the Geno Project and support us so that our dreams may come to fruition.”