Needy Girl joins high School in Kisumu but still require assistance

 

Rachael Rose Aketch pose for a photo with her Aunt Lilian Akinyi and her Primary school teacher Linda Oguna during her admission at St Theresas Girls Secondary school in Kisumu after a well-wisher paid her first term's fees-Photo Courtesy

By Dickson Odhiambo

May 19, 2022

Needy Girl joins high School in Kisumu but still require assistance

A Kenyan Certificate of Primary Education exams candidate in a school within Kisumu West Sub County has finally been admitted to secondary school after a well-wisher paid her first term’s school fees.

Rose Rachael Aketch who sat her KCPE Exams at Nyawara Primary school in Kisumu West Sub-county and scored 342 marks has now joined St Theresas Kibuye Girls secondary school after a well-wisher paid her first term’s fees.

The well-wisher has been moved by the plight of the young girl after being highlighted by the Citizens Voice last week.

Aketch was admitted to school on Monday this week after being accompanied by her aunt Lilian Oliech and her primary school teacher Madam Linda Oguna.

Aketch who talked to the media after her admission to the school has thanked the Forth estate for highlighting her plight hence opened her ways of joining secondary school.

“I am really delighted after a well-wisher has sympathized with me and paid my first term’s schools fees. I promise to work extra hard and achieve good grades for the four years I will be here,” she says

The girl who is a partial orphan has been staying with her aunt and life never been possible for her since one of her parents passed on when she was a toddler.

“My main aim is to further my education in secondary school and I sincerely appeal to any well-wisher to come to my rescue and help in paying my school fees after I have joined form one,” she adds

Lilian Akinyi Oliech, aunt to Aketch says she begun staying with her at a tender age and has been supporting her education in primary since nursery school days.

She has thanked the Well-wisher who has come to the rescue of the girl, adding that she prays that all will be well and God will she her through her secondary school Education and beyond.

“Her father passed on and I am the one who has been with her all along. We are kindly appealing to any well-wisher to help us raise school fees in support of her since she has now joined form one,” she says

Lilian who the the Aunt to the young girl can be reached via her cell phone number 0724 55 23 22 and she hails from South West Ward in Kisumu West sub-county within Kisumu County.

Linda Oguna who is her teacher at Nyawara Primary has described Aketch as a brilliant pupil who if given a chance can excel in secondary school.

Oguna says she is a well-behaved girl who is ready to learn, adding that she should be supported to realize her dream of joining secondary school.

“The young girl comes from a very vulnerable family and needs help to join secondary and we therefore appeal to anyone touched by her plight to help in any little way,” she says.

OgunaA has thanked the well-wisher who has come to the aid of the young girl, adding that more any other well-wisher can still chip in and lend a helping hand to the young girl.

Oguna is happy that the dream of the young girl joining secondary school has been realized, adding that God will see her through her secondary school life and beyond.