A GOOD SAVE
I am MARTIN MWIRIGI GITONGA aged 16 from Ukuruni village Maara Sub – County Tharaka – Nithi County.
I come from a single mothered family with an elder sister. I was enrolled to scholarship programme of the year 2016 and I am in high school at Meru school
There was poverty in our family which made it difficult for paying school fees which led to intervention of our parish minister Rev. Mbugua who brought about the application forms for the scholarship. We were called for an interview which I passed and started getting help from NCCK
The intervention of NCCK made it possible for me to study as they paid about 75% of the school fees and also my sister got settled in the in the university and started studying without my worries as before
The intervention changed my life both in school and at home as I could stay in school without being chased away because of school fees and also changed my life at home as I could use the time which I spent hustling to study this has made my performance in school to go up since the intervention.
I have a dream of becoming a lawyer in future and starting a scholarship program to help other people who are needy in the society
