Proposed Student: Paulo Kisio

Proposed School Program: Public Secondary School in Kenya

I had the opportunity to teach Math and English to Paulo, and I found him to be one of the smartest children in the grade 8 class. He was one of the boys who seemed to always have his hand up, ready to give to the correct answer.

Secondary school was unaffordable to Paulo’s family since Paulo completed grade 8 last year with good marks. He now has decided to repeat 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.

More information to come on Paulo’s biography….

There is no government day secondary school close to Paulo’s home so his most affordable option for secondary school is a government boarding school. The government subsidizes 10,500 KSH of the 30 000 KSH yearly cost of boarding school. So this leaves Paulo 19 500 KSH ($265 USD) short of school fees. His family is able to contribute some but nowhere near enough.