Name: Hannah Njeri
School: Gatero Girls High School
Form: 2 (Grade 10 in 2020)
2019 Update
Hannah graduated in 2018 from Mt.Kenya Baptist. She scored 308 points which enabled her to join her school of choice.
She has grown fond of her new school due to conducive environment for learning, committed teachers and friendly students.
When she looks back to her childhood life, she attests she can’t believe she is the same girl who went through a lot of struggles and she quickly notes she will ever remain grateful to PA-MOJA for what they have done for her and her family.
She promises to continue working hard so that her dream of becoming a doctor will come to pass.
Hannah’s previous story
Her inviting smile shows a lot of tranquillity and peace that comes from within.
Her life story is not any different from her other five siblings. Her relationship with PA-MOJA started in 2008 when members of the PA-MOJA team met her grandmother and her six grandchildren at their home in Mai Mahiu, Rift Valley
When the PA-MOJA team met the family, they were living in extreme poverty and the children had not been enrolled in school. The eldest boy, David, was then ten years old and was responsible for many of the chores that kept the family alive. The children were severely malnourished, and they all crowded together in one small bed in the two-room shack.
Hannah doesn’t remember her mother well because she came and left sporadically and by then she was very young. She returned to their home whenever she was pregnant, but would leave soon after giving birth. This continued until she gave birth to the youngest, Mary, after which she left and never returned. The six children were left under the care of Grandma Mary and she had to till other people’s land to earn enough income to buy food.
In 2011, PA-MOJA helped Grandma Mary and her six grandchildren move to the town of Nanyuki where they live to date. Hannah was enrolled as a boarding student at the Mt. Kenya Baptist School in class 1 and is now in her last year at the school. She has been involved in Taekwondo and scouts for the past 4 years.
Hannah’s favourite subjects are English, Science and Christian Religious Education. She would like to be a doctor in future.
Hannah believes were it not for PA-MOJA she would never be where she is today now and there is a higher likelihood she wouldn’t have gone to school. She, therefore, wishes to thank her sponsors and promises to work extra hard so that she can get a slot in a prestigious secondary school.
