Elijah

School: Completed high school at Kivaywa Boys High School in 2022

My name is Elijah and I live in the Kibera Slum, Kenya. I was born in Kibera in 2003. I live with my mother and 3 siblings. Sadly, my father passed away when I was younger. My older sister completed primary school in 2016, but she is still at home due to lack of funds to pay for her secondary school education. My mother’s only source of income is the groundnuts she sells on the street in the Kibera Slum.

I dream of becoming a doctor when I grow up.

“I’d like to become a doctor so that I can pay for my younger siblings to be educated as well” – Elijah, 2017.

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