Erick Maingi
When we lived at Mukuru Kwa Njenga Slums, heavy rains started and this was the beginning of a greater disaster due to flooding. Many houses were swept by the floods including our house and all our belongings.
This was when I performed very well in my KCPE. But I was unable to make it into my dream school due to financial instability until I was forced to repeat. Due to God's grace, well-wishers and my primary school teachers assisted me financially and I joined Friends' School Kamusinga.
It's always good to be patient and trust God as He never forsakes His people.
After my hard work in form 1, I emerged in position 1 overall, and I feel proud of my achievement.
Joining form 1 in my dream school was like a miracle and this made me very happy on the reporting day. My dream is to become a neurosurgeon and I believe I will get there by putting God first, hard work, persistence, and good discipline.
In the future, I would like to build my parents a permanent house and also help them financially. I will sponsor the bright and needy students from Mukuru slums to achieve their dreams in life through better education. I will personally volunteer for the other youths who will be enrolled in the program. I will also make personal donations to the organization in the future, I support the less fortunate in the community.
I would enhance to formulate policies in the education and health sector, to ensure free primary education to university level and other affordable quality health care to all. This will help the less fortunate to learn and achieve their dreams and enable the local people to access better health services locally hence reducing the death rate in the country.
Birthday: 2007
Gender: Male
Favorite Classes: Biology, Mathematics
Favorite Books: KCSE made Familiar Mathematic, Take the Rise, bible
I Want to Be: Neurosurgeon
Family: father, mother, 1 brother, 1 sister, 1 grandfather, 1 grandmother
O-Level School: National School