Moline Awuor Ngar
was born on 26th August 1994 in East
kanyaluo Location in Rachuonyo North Sub-County. She is the last born
in a family of seven.
Moline
started school at Ongang Primary school in 1998. Her
early education was
hindered by frequent sending off from school because her father died
when she was young and her mother was the sole bread winner catering
for the needs of the entire family. In 2009, she changed school to
Bongia primary school where she sat for her Kenya Certificate of
primary education (KCPE) attaining 281 marks out of 500marks. Her
hopes of joining form one was slim since none of her siblings has
ever advanced to secondary school. The only option left to her was to
get married just like her five sisters had done before. By good luck,
she got an admission to the nearby Kowuor Mixed Secondary School
a nearby day school and getting fee for her to join the school was a
headache. Her mother, who has started a vegetable business in the
nearby market after joining one of the Saving groups in the area,
approached the school head teacher and nearby neighbors who supported
her to join for one in the year 2010.
In the
third year of her
study, the project Tego OD Dayo “Strengthening the house of
Nanny” launched a scholarship program targeting children of VSL
group members. Moline was one of the beneficiaries because she met
all the criteria and her fee for that year was fully paid by the
project. In the following year 2013 she sat for her Kenya Certificate
of Secondary education (KCSE) and attained grade C-.
Since
then, she has been
an active member of the Alumni whereby she has been attending regular
meetings to discuss and share experiences with her other scholars.
During these meetings, mentoring and key officers from the ministry
of education and or health sensitize the scholars on various life
skills. It also serves as an opportunity for the youth to share
experiences which Moline has actively been engaging in.
Because
of her hard work
and passion for young children, she enrolled for a certificate course
in Early Childhood Education (ECD) in Rachuonyo Teachers Training
College in 2015 and she has managed to complete her certificate
course which was supported by the Nielimishe Project and has
decided to further her professional training by enrolling for a
diploma course in the same institution. She is now a role model to
other young girls within her community and also to her fellow
scholars and anticipates empowering and supporting the girls within
the community to reach the levels she has reached and beyond. The
family of Moline are very excited because without the scholarship she
could have not made it this far.
