The Students
Participating students must be strongly committed to their education; demonstrated through outstanding academic results. The academic performance of students is assessed against their peers. In determining a student's commitment to academic excellence, we consider the overall performance of the school, comparative performance with other schools and national education standards.
The student and their family must lack the economic resources to continue the student’s high school education. Our local partner organisations meet with the families of the student to confirm their economic circumstances and assess their educational capability.
Below are a few of their stories:
Christine
Christine was a victim of domestic violence and was sent to an orphanage around the age of fourteen after living in the slums. She comes from a single-parent family; however, since Christine arrived at the orphanage her mother has unfortunately never been seen.
Though Christine has been through tough time in the early years of her life she remains optimistic about the future. She continues to study very hard, revising her work daily after school.
Christine's goal is to become a doctor. She wants to help the patients in her community’s hospitals. With the assistance of the 38degrees Program, Christine is able to further pursue her studies and career.
Grace
Grace is approximately the twelfth of twenty-one children in her family. None of her siblings attended senior high school. Grace’s living conditions are very basic - consisting of a small room shared with five other people.
Currently, Grace has no plans to further her education due to her family’s financial constraints. The principal of her school has been very concerned about her welfare, more so than most of the other students.
Grace is a determined student and is conscious of her difficult circumstances. Although it takes her over one hour to walk to school, she enjoys learning. Grace was amongst the top students in her school. She hopes to become a nurse, working in hospitals to save lives in her community.
Lamayian
Lamayian is the first of seven children in his family. He has just finished year eight (the final year of government-subsidised education) for the second time due to his parents' lack of funds to send him to senior high school. He would be commencing term 1 of senior high school, but he is unable to do so as his parents still do not have the money to support his education.
Lamayian’s father earns 100 shillings per day (the equivalent of $AUD 2), which does not go far when supporting a family of seven children. Lamayian helps his family by looking after goats when he is not at school.
Lamayian was the top scoring student in his primary school last year. He hopes to continue his studies with the assistance of the 38degrees Program and aspires to become a lecturer.
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