In recent days, we met with Agnes, a beneficiary of our projects in Kenya, who, after a period of absence from school, expressed a strong determination to resume her studies and return to the second year of upper secondary school. Agnes does not wish to pursue a vocational training path but is firmly committed to continuing her academic journey.
We then spoke with the school principal, who initially pointed out that readmission would not be possible without payment of the outstanding school fees, as the family had never made any payments since enrollment. Despite Agnes’s good academic performance, the school was bound by its regulations.
Together with Agnes, we later went to the DCC office in Embu, where we submitted a letter explaining the reasons for her absence and reaffirming our commitment to ensuring continuity in her school attendance. Thanks to this important step, Agnes was finally readmitted.
The education office proposed that Agnes remain at school during the mid-term break to make up for missed lessons – a proposal that Agnes welcomed enthusiastically, pending final confirmation from the school principal.
In the photo, Sara, GRT’s social worker, meets Agnes during street outreach activities in the Mlango Kubwa slum in Nairobi, Kenya.
Agnes, like many other Kenyan boys and girls, is part of the project “Njia ya Nyumbani – The Way Home”, implemented with the support of funds from the otto per mille allocated to the Catholic Church.
