Meet Sharon Wekesa | Fortune Learners' Centre
Meet Sharon Wekesa | Fortune Learners' Centr
Kenya / Kayole Slum -Nairobi
August 1, 2024
by Charles Owino, Director of Fortune Learners’ Centre & Sharon Wekesa a student at FLC
Meet Sharon Wekesa who is a 10- year-old girl from a family of five. Their home is headed by her widowed mother with Sharon being the firstborn with three other siblings.
Sharon is in back in red jacket
Sharon has two younger sisters who also attend Fortune Learners’ Centre (FLC) while the younger brother is yet to start schooling. They live in a congested slum where the safety of the girls is compromised considering the people that surrounds them.
Before hearing about FLC the three girls were put of school for three terms, which is entire school year, because the mother couldn’t financially support their education and also provide for their daily needs.
We were able to fill-the-gap for this family with the support Global Orphan Relief provides for scholarships. This was a huge help for the girls since they can now happily enjoy two meals a day, which the school also provides through the GO! Scholarships, allowing the mother to focus on providing for the one remaining meal, improving their general health, and their other care at home.
The family and the school are so grateful for the support provided because it has brought relief and confidence to these girls and to their family. They have a reason to wake up every day and face the day with hope for the future.
‘’I am very happy to get back to school, it was very scaring staying at home alone as kids because of the many cases of defilement in our neighborhood .
I have made friends and improved in my studies for the last six months I have been at Fortune and thank you also for the new uniforms I received,’’ Sharon shares.
‘’May the Almighty in his abundance richly bless Global Orphans as you have blessed me and may you reach out the other children all over the world. May your pockets never dry and may you never lack for resources,” concludes Sharon
The generosity of our funding partners at Global Orphan Relief helps many pupils like Sharon Wekesa unlock their potential and follow their passion by attending school. Your support changes lives for the better fostering hope for the future.
When you choose to sponsor a child or provide support for GO’s Education Initiative, you aren’t simply helping a child, but you are impacting lives of many children, families and their entire community as they work towards a better future.
Today, we are supporting 589 orphan children through our Education Initiative with plans to increase as resources become available. We currently support orphan children in Kenya & Zambia through this initiative.
Global Orphan Relief (GO) has been serving orphaned children since 2005. We have accomplished this work to date through local partners in each country that provides oversight and distribution of care.
About the author: Charles Owino is the Director at Fortune Learners Centre (FLC), a nonprofit community-based organization dedicated to serving orphans and vulnerable children. The school is located in Kayole, an informal settlement in Nairobi.
We currently support 212 orphan children who attend Fortune Learners’ Centre in Nairobi, Kenya. We provide this aid through our partnership with Fortune Learners’ Centre as part of our Education Initiative.
You may send support or other correspondence to Global Orphan Relief, 16352 Prairie Farm Circle, Parker, CO 80134 or you may give also give electronically at Education Initiative or give on this website at the upper right hand corner under ‘Donate’ by choosing Education Initiative under the Fund designation.
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