Mother of one who dropped out of school for eight years gets a B+

Purity Nkatha, a 32-year-old mother who got a B+ at Magumoni High School, Tharaka Nithi County. [Courtesy]

When the odds are stacked against you, sometimes it takes the kindness of strangers to help you achieve your dreams. 

That is the lesson that 32-year-old Purity Nkatha learned after overcoming formidable hurdles to score a B-plus in last year’s Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education examinations.