Perpetual’s Story – Kenya

Perpetual is a mentor at Vanessa Grant Girls School in Kenya, who herself was mentored by Dandelion Africa since grade 7 in their Girls for Leaders program supported solely by Pangea Giving grants.  

Perpetual Mahojha Awino, now 16, attends the Vanessa Grant Girls School with a full scholarship from Education For All Children. She achieved this honor by passing her national KCPE examination with a very good grade, scoring 343 marks out of the 500 possible.

Perpetual comes from a very humble background. Her father was laid off from work and her mother is a housewife. Her siblings struggle to get even one meal a day. When she is on holiday from school she is saddened that most of her family sleep without food. She lives with her brother who is married but unemployed, depending on unpredictable casual labor to earn some income for his family.

Perpetual is hopeful that with this educational opportunity provided by her scholarship she will one day be able to support her family to have a better life. She is grateful to Pangea Giving and Dandelion Africa for this opportunity to shine.