Samson

My name is Samson and I was born in the Kibera Slum, Kenya in 2003. I attended Spurgeons Academy for my primary school education. I live in a small, single-roomed home in the slum with my mother, brother and two sisters. My mother does not have any formal employment so she washes clothes for people whenever she can. My father passed away in 2003, when I was just 3 months old, leaving my mother to raise us on her own. There have been a lot of challenges for me growing up. My mother has been very sick, due to her HIV+ status, which has made it difficult for her to work and support our family. We often go without food and there is never any money to pay for school fees, clothes or books.

I would like to go to secondary school, and continue my education through to university. I dream of becoming an engineer.