During the first M&E mission in July 2010, we came across the harsh case of Marceline, a highly talented total orphan and well performing student who was abandoned by relatives and sponsors equally. I have mentioned her in my post on the 14th of July. What happened to her since then?
Many people were touched by her story and contributed specifically for her, so that we could start considering TaC-sponsorship for her. William, our co-ordinator, talked to the school several times, until they were ready to waive the largest amount of Marceline's astronomic balance of about 50'000 Shilling. Yesterday we visited the school again and I insisted on new negotiations. We were quite tough and managed to convince the school to waive all outstanding balances in 2009 and 2010. TaC would only step in from 2011 onwards. Eventually, they agreed to share the burden! Once we received the consenting document from the school, we called all our TaC-girls in, informed Marceline about her scholarship and welcomed her to the TaC-family. At first, Marceline didn't say much, as she was probably too surprised by the events. But when she sat down with the five other girls for the photo-shooting, she quickly opened up and gave us her most beautiful smile.
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