Proposed Student: Ndondo Solomon

Proposed School Program: Public Secondary School in Kenya

Ndondo is 16 years old. He is the youngest of four brothers and four sisters. His four sisters are married with children as are two of his brothers. One of his brothers is in his second year of high school after receiving outside assistance from Borana Farm (They are not in a position to help Solomon). His parents are married and keep livestock of a small amount of goats, cows, and sheep. His family depends on relief food from the government.

Solomon’s favorite subject is science. He likes playing and coaching football (soccer). He says he wants to be a community leader and help others after his studies. One of his ideas is to help local farmers with water shortage problems.

Solomon has finished primary school with good grades but does not have the money to move onto secondary school. He is currently repeating grade 8 in hopes that he will be able to find someone to help sponsor him to move onto high school. At the same to he will improve his marks and be more prepared for high school if he can find a sponsor.

There is no government day secondary school close to Solomon’s home so his most affordable option for secondary school is a government boarding school. The government subsidizes 10,500 KSH of the 31 550KSH yearly cost of boarding school. So this leaves Solomon 21 050 KSH ($285 USD) short of school fees. His family is able to contribute some but nowhere near enough.