Diana Mueke
My name is Diana Mueke Musila. I am 19 years old. I come from Mbusyani village, Kangundo sub-county, Machakos County. I come from a family of four, my mother, my two brothers and I. I enrolled in the NCCK scholarship programme in the year 2013. I am currently a second year at Kenyatta university.
I came to know about the programme in 2013 while I was in form two. I had struggled a lot to raise my school fees while I was in form 1. My parents separated while I was in class six (2009) and my siblings and I were left under the care of my mother who was then jobless and could not fully meet our needs and my father on the other hand could not take any responsibility.
Through God’s favour and hard work, I was admitted at Precious Blood Kilungu. Some of my relatives assisted my mother to raise my school during the first term but after that they couldn’t support me further. My mother had to do casual work to raise my school fees but the amount of money she got was not enough and this led to huge fee balances. I was frequently sent home for school fees. Despite having a lot of challenges my grades were good. I worked hard focusing on the bigger picture, I wanted to be successful and nothing could stop me. The NCCK scholarship programme was very supportive and therefore I successfully finished high school and did well in KCSE exams.
I got admitted Kenyatta University in 2016 and am in my second year pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Community Resource Management and my school fees is catered by the Higher Education Loans Board. This programme has been so beneficial to many and it has opened up my eyes to see many opportunities, it also did awake the passion in me of working with the vulnerable in the community especially children and women. During my first long holiday I got the chance of working at the Machakos sub county children office as a volunteer for 3 months. It was an awesome experience working with children and I learnt a lot.
I am not afraid to dream big. I would love to work or even manage a Community Based Organization that targets women and children. I would love to work with Non-Governmental Organization (NGOs) and also the county government at the grass root level where I can be able to manage the community resources and work towards the betterment of the community.
Thank you so much NCCK and stakeholders for the great work you have done to light up the way and bring hope of the future for us.
May God bless you.
Diana Mueke
