I wanted to send you information about our 2021 Cohorts in the Train 100 Girls Project. Kindly find attached their profile and stories and why they have been enrolled for our skills training in 2021.
Pamela Ateka, founder CFG Kenya
Name: Sweety
Age: 17 years old
Personal Goal
To work hard and be able to sustain herself and the baby who is on the way. To be able to support her parent financially in future.
Her Story
Sweety is the last born in a family of six. She comes from a very vulnerable background in a very remote village. Her parents are primary school dropouts who have struggled all their life raising their children in very difficult circumstances. Her father works as a herdsman in a nearby homestead and her mother is a housewife. Sweety dropped out of school in class 7 when her parents could no longer afford to pay her tuition fees. She has always been a girl with no hope of achieving anything in life. Having no skills or experience to earn a living, and due to desperation and loss of hope, she was lured into a relationship with a boda boda rider who promised her support and a brighter future. After she got pregnant and shared the news with the man, the relationship ended, leaving her depressed.
She was happy to hear about this program from her friend and she became interested in following up to see if she could get this opportunity to gain a skill in hairdressing to be able to earn a living and support herself. Sweety is 5 months pregnant and her zeal to have a better life has not stopped her from traversing all the barriers of walking long distances and stress to make herself available to learn and bring change to her life.
Her future dream is to own a business and help other girls who are facing similar challenges and have lost hope in life.
Hobbies
Playing football
Name: Melvin
Age: 16 years old
Personal goal
To be the best student in this training and be able to mentor other girls in the same situation she is facing.
Her Story
Melvin is the third born in a family of five. She comes from a humble family where her father earns a living by offering transport services with his bicycle in the neighboring remote area and her mother works as a day laborer for any client who needs her services; she also washes clothes for households as a means of fending for their family. Life has been so tough in their family and her parents have struggled to take them through school. She dropped out of school in class six when her parents could not afford her tuition fee. She has been home helping her mother when she goes to clean clients’ clothes, hoping that one day an opportunity will open up for her to go back to school.
During the corona pandemic, when she was going to search for firewood in the woods, she was raped by a villager in their nearby area. They reported the issue to the local chief. They were taken in circles for a very long time until the man ran away from the village to avoid facing justice. It has been a traumatizing moment for her, having to carry an unplanned pregnancy for 9 months with no option for a safe abortion. She is currently 7 months pregnant, having a difficult time coming to terms with the pregnancy. She came across this program through a friend who knew her story and was willing to help her overcome her fears and find meaning in her life.
Her goal is to become a successful woman who can depend on herself to earn a sustainable living.
Hobbies
cooking
Direct giving
Community Focus Group trains young women in Kayole, Nairobi county, Kenya, who have dropped out of school because of pregnancy. Your donation will give a young woman the opportunity to acquire the skills needed to forge a sustainable livelihood for themselves and their families.
trailblazing GmbH, Hauptstrasse 41, CH-9477 Trübbach
Raiffeisenbank Werdenberg, Account 90-862-2
IBAN CH39 8080 8003 4986 4215 6
Reference: trailblazing.cfg_Kenya