Starfish: Mary

My name is Mary. I am 27 years old. I live in Njoro neighborhood. I live with my husband and I have two children. My first born is Ezekiel and the second is Anette. My education level is Standard Seven (grade 6). I never got a chance to continue my education because my dad died when I was young and my mum had no income to pay school fees. I decided to come to GHTA because I wanted to learn English and at least improve my education. The hardest part about being in school is that concentration is not good because I think about my family and the responsibilities I have as a mother. The best thing is that the teachers we have are very special, cooperative, and take their time to teach and give a heart even when we don’t understand easily. It’s very nice and we are like sisters. The hardest jobs I ever had was carrying concrete. It’s very tiresome. Coffee harvesting was also hard. You carry heavy loads and sort coffee. One big challenge was when my husband lost his job it was very hard to pay the rent. I started a small business of trusts to help my husband who was by then getting a little income from cheap labor. I will use my education to open a business and create more chances of income to educate my children. I hope to open a big supermarket. GHTA influenced me because I now have basic knowledge and I can do it.