Nantana is 16 years old. She has 2 younger brothers, 3 younger sisters and one older sister who has just finished at St. Francis high school through working with a sponsor.  We met with Nantana in her home just outside Chumvi, a small Masai village without electricity and where residents depend on livestock for their survival.

Nantana’s parents are jobless and without livestock.  As is tradition in Masai culture, Nantana’s parents tried to sell her for cows twice when she finished primary school last December 2012 but Nantana refused because she insisted that she wanted to find a way to join high school.  In hopes of raising enough funds, she repeated Grade 7 in hopes of having time to raise enough money.

When we met with Nantana at her home, she shared with us that she has hopes to finish high school and then get accepted into University.  She would like to be a lawyer and is particularly interested in working to achieve improved rights for children in Kenya and around the world who are not able to get educated. Furthermore, she would like to come back to her community and work with the younger female children in her community who are forced to marry early.