Beatrice Opiyo started Humwend Secondary School in January of 2009 and she is currently in Standard (grade) 1 out of 4. She will be graduating in December of 2012 and this scholarship will cover his second year of High School.

Beatrice is an amazing student and she is doing exceptionally well in her Business Studies and History and Government classes. According to the Terminal report for Term 1 of year 2009, Beatrice’s teachers stated that she had achieved “impressive and unprecedented in results”. Beatrice is happy with her progress so far and she is motivated to keep the same type of success for the rest of the high school!

About the School

Humwend Secondary School is a community-run school situated in Ukwala. Here, 57 per cent of the population lives below the poverty line, and 24 per cent lives with the highly stigmatized human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Fifty students attend the school, 95 per cent of which are partial or complete orphans.

The cost of operating Humwend Secondary School for an entire year is approximately $21,000 USD. Unlike primary education in Kenya, the cost of tuition in secondary school is significantly higher and makes up the majority of school costs.