I work with poor children through sports

DR ELIZABETH ODERA, 49, is one of Kenya’s leading educationists and an international tennis coach who is using sports and education for development. For this, she has been feted locally and abroad. Among her global awards is the Ashoka ChangeMaker, which celebrates the world’s most influential and inspiring women. She spoke to PHARES MUTEMBEI

My parents knew the value of education. My father, Zachary Francis Okong’o, is a graduate of Makerere University, Uganda, and together with my mother Idah, they started some of the first private academies in Kenya.