Proposed Student: Tokosian Sakui

Home Place: Il Ngwesi, Kenya

Proposed school Program: Public Secondary School in Kenya

Tokosian is a very serious student who achieves good marks. He will soon be starting his last year of primary school of which afterwards he will not be able to move onto secondary school without outside assistance.

Tokosian is 15 years old and in grade 7 at Lokusero Primary School. He is not a boarder because boarding is not available for grade 7 boys. He presently walks 7km (each way) to school each day. His favourite subjects are Math and Science. He is an orphan after his parents died 7 years ago. He now lives with his older brother who is married.

He has three brothers who are currently looking after animals. His two younger sisters are in lower classes at primary school. He would like to be an engineer or teacher and would really like to help his community.

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