Maasai girl who wants to build a hospital for the people of Narok

“Hallo Sir! Are you ready we start?” This is what struck me, the level of confidence from this young Maasai girl. I said I was ready and we walked down to the field together.  “Have you found the best quiet spot around the school?” I asked. “At this time the best place is where the chairs are” as she pointed at two chairs, just next to the school cows grazing. I was ready to start.

Everlyne Naanyu is a grade 8 student at the Kakenya Center for Excellence; she joined the school as a grade 4 from Sikwa primary school in the year 2012. “I should have been in form 2 now” then she begins to open up more and share the story of her life and challenges to access education.  Naanyu like many other girls in the school come from very humble backgrounds. In her family, they are five siblings. She has two brothers and two sisters. Her little sister, the last born in their family also schools at Kakenya Center for Excellence now in class six.  Of all her siblings, her brother, the second born who is now a fourth year student at Egerton University is her role model.