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Poverty erects bumps on girl’s way to nursing career

By Wambui Ndung’u

Lucy Mumbi Njeri has known pain for the better part of her life. Poverty has been a nagging tag that refuses to go away. However, the orphan has defied all odds to go through primary and secondary education, but her hope to leave poverty is slowly dimming.

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