Today the family took a trip to Kicoshep’s primary school in the heart of the Kibera slum. What a beacon of hope in what is a deeply saddening place.
We heard that Hassan, a very bright boy just finishing his primary schooling, recently won the national oratory competition. Sadly unless he can be sponsored he can’t afford to go to secondary school – only primary education is free in Kenya.
Hassan wants to become a politician with aspirations of becoming president of Kenya one day. His oratory prize shows he has the gift, but unless a way is found to get him into secondary school it will come to nothing.
When we return we will be setting up a sponsorship programme for the Kicoshep programme – hopefully something can be done in time to keep Hassan on track!
