Isaac worked at the James Finlay Central Hospital in Kericho in December where he learned many procedures, some of which he had only read of in books. He received a very good recommendation from the management of the hospital.
Jemimah Peters was the second born of six children. She was brought up entirely by her mother. During her early school years, Jemimah had to take on casual farm jobs to help earn money for her school fees. This was often very difficult for a young child of 9 or 10 years old to work in the fields besides going to school. Because she did so well on her primary school final exam, Jemimah was given a scholarship to secondary school by a local education support foundation. Her project involves enhancing food security through raising vegetables and helping women and adolescent girls secure an income. Jemimah is studying Mathematics at the University of Nairobi. One day she wishes to open an orphanage to help alleviate suffering of the children in her area. Jemimah says, “My purpose in life is to be the positive change I wish to see in my family and the society at large.”
2011 Update
Jemimah’s community suffers from lack of water due to prolonged drought (see some of women’s group members at left). Despite the lack of water, her community has made some progress this year in vegetable farming raising sukuma wiki & tomatoes (160 sukuma wiki crops and around 260 tomato crops) (see photo below of women working in the farm). Their goal is to develop a 
sustainable method for increased access to water to encourage development of other activities like irrigation farming in the community.
Connecting the vegetable farm with piped water, approximately 1.5km from the area, is the goal since the farm is far from the river.
Plans for 2012
1. Extend piped water to the project area which is approximately 1.5 km from the area to solve the challenge of water scarcity. Approximately 20 families with an average of 7 members per family will also benefit.
2. Expand the existing vegetable project after successful connection of water.
3. To have a reserve tank for storing rain water and also the piped water.
4. Assist adolescent girls with securing a source of income (see girls, women, and Jemimah in photo at left)
Shelly Okumu’s mother and father died before she was 10 years old. Her maternal grandmother raised her in a Nairobi slum, Dandora, where she has memories of violence, girl child drop outs due to early marriages, and teenage pregnancies. Her project focuses on girl child empowerment through education of the community members and encouraging girls to stay in school and training them on income generating activities. Shelly is studying Medicine at the University of Nairobi. Shelly reflects, “Coming up in Dandora has made me hardworking, determined, strong- willed and I am ready to lend a hand to a brother/sister who needs it. I want to see Kenya progress. I want youths to achieve this and I am ready to be among those who make this dream come true.”
2011 Update
-Provided ID cards for 25 adolescent girls.
-Provided 25 adolescent girls with mentors from different universities.
established weekly meetings for adolescent girls and arranged expert talks on HIV/AIDS.
-Initiated communication between mentors and mentees via letter writing.
Plans for 2011-2012
1. Establish a poultry project for the girls so they can earn income for future secondary school fees.
2. Continue expert talks for the girls to prepare them for the future.
3. Open a bank account for the girl project.
Orientation of the three new scholars– Nafisa Ayuka, Sara Simei and Kennedy Otieno. The orientation was organized by first year scholars ,Monicah Wairimu and Isaac Ngere, with help from other scholars. Isaac presented on how to write a good proposal, highlighting contents such as background, rationale, methods, evaluation plan and conclusion.
