The Hotcourses Foundation funds education for some of the poorest children in the world. Originally set up by friends and employees of UK educational publisher Hotcourses, we now sponsor the education of over 300 HIV positive children and young adults in Kenya and Uganda. We have also built a school for AIDS-affected orphans.
Please consider sponsoring the education of one of the children listed below from as little as £15 per month.
Michael L Michael is an orphan, 4 years of age, who is not attending school as his aunt with whom he lives is unable to afford the fees.
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Joseph N Joseph is the lastborn in his family. He has an older brother and sister.
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Lucy A Lucy is 5 years old. Her father is bedridden and her mother, an orphan herself and HIV+ also, is only about 18 years old. Lucy has 5 siblings and together they all live in one room. Finding the rent for this house each month is a great problem to the family.
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Irene M Irene is aged 6 years. The father has abandoned the family after knowing their HIV status.
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Hilary N Hilary is 6 years old and in nursery school. He lives with his parents but neither of them have jobs which puts a great strain on resources for school fees.
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Brian K Brian’s single mother died in July 2003. Brian was the last born of two children and only he is HIV+ and on ARVs with the Lea Toto programme.
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Joseph W Joseph is 6 years old. He is on ARV therapy with the Lea Toto programme.
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Sarah W Sarah is aged 6 years and on ART treatment. She lives with her aunt and her 2 brothers and sister after their mother passed away.
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Nicholas N Nicholas is 7 years old and on ART treatment. He is in school and enjoys maths. He lives with his mother and two siblings. The mother is unwell and bedridden. She is on TB treatment and cannot afford to raise her children.
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Teddy M Teddy lives with his mother and his older sister. His father was a civil servant but died of AIDS, leaving his mother to care for the children. She too is HIV+ and on antiretroviral treatment. His mother has a job but it is not well paid. Teddy is 7 years old and is in Form 3 at school.
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Ben Ben is 8 years old, he is one of 6 children. His 4 older siblings are all negative for HIV but the youngest has not been tested.
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Edith V Edith is 8 years old and attends primary school. She lives with her parents. Her mother sells vegetables and her father sells hats. She has an older brother and sister. She loves reading.
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Martha N Martha is 8 years old and lives with her mother who is often unwell and unemployed. The family depends for support on her aunt who is a food vendor. The aunt has her own children to care for so resources are overstretched. Martha is in Class 3 at school and has an older sibling.
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Tesa W Tesa is an orphan who lost both her parents. She is 8 years and lives with her aunt who works in a hairdressing salon.
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Samuel N Samuel joined form 1 in secondary school in 2007 at the age of 16 years.
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Barbara N Barbara is 9 years old with an older sister also on the Lea Toto programme. She lives with her father who is a single parent. He looks for casual jobs to support his family and is sometimes unable to pay the school fees.
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George K George was moved from the Nyumbani Children's Home to the Lea Toto programme in 2002 when he went to live with his aunt.
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Clinton O Clinton is 9 years old and living with his older sister. She is married with 2 small children. She stays at home looking after her children whilst her husband finds casual jobs. Often the husband has to send the family upcountry until he can find a job with which to support them.
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Davis O Davis stays with his biological parents. The parents are jobless and rely on support programs in the area.
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Faith 9 year old Faith lives with her father and two siblings. She was diagnosed with HIV at the Lea Toto out reach program in Kibera and began ARV (Anti-Retro Viral) treatment in 2005. She has been getting stronger ever since.
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Moses O Moses is 8 years old. His mother is unwell and is widowed with 4 children.
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Michael M Michael aged 10 years lives with his parents. His parents were both bed-ridden, but since taking ARV treatment they have picked up.
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Elizabeth Al Elizabeth lives with her parents. Her mother is a Community Health Worker and is the breadwinner in the family as she sells clothes.
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Ann W Ann is aged 10 years. Her parents passed away and Ann and her brother and 2 sisters are staying with their grandmother. The grandmother does not have a permanent source of income. She is struggling to raise and educate Ann and her siblings. Ann enjoys her Kiswahili lessons most.
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Tracy Tracy is the second born in a family of three. She is 11 years old.
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Mary K Mary lives in Ruiru with her mother and father who are both HIV+ and on ARVs.
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Dismus A Dismus is 11 years old and on ART treatment. His mother died leaving him, his 3 sisters and 2 brothers to live with his aunt. His aunt is a casual worker often without work and a source of income. The household has other dependents and she finds it difficult to cater for their needs.
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Judith A Judith is an only child and is 11 years old. She lives with her mother and father. Her mother earns a living by washing utensils for others. Judith enjoys CRI at school.
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John W John, aged 13 years, is an orphan living with his elder brother.
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Daniel O Daniel is an only child and is 13 years old. His father died in 2003 and his mother died in 2005.
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Kevin Kevin is 9 years old and lost his mother in 2004. He can't really remember her. He has an older brother and sister, and since losing his mother his sister moved up country. Kevin is HIV positive and being looked after by his aunt Judy in the Kariobangi area of Nairobi.
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Angela M Angela lives with her mother who earns their living by selling vegetables.
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Nancy A Nancy lives with her father and mother. She has 3 sisters and 2 brothers.
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Margaret N Margaret is 14 years old. She is an only child and lives with her aunt as her father is a night watchman for the Lea Toto Programme.
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Nelius W Nelius is 14 years old. Her parents both died and as an only child she lives with her aunt who has a younger girl and boy of her own.
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Evans Oc 14 year old Evans lives with his guardian and 4 year old sister Candy.
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Moses Moses is 14 years old boy and the only surviving child to the family. The mother to Moses passed away three years ago after a long illness. The father who used to be a city council worker spent almost all his fortune on treating his wife but by bad luck she passed on.
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Emma A Emma is 15 years old and is at primary school. Her father is a printer and her mother is a housewife, but she lives with her aunt who lives nearer to her school. Emma has a sister and brother.
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Diana AA Diana lives with her aunt who is a widow. She has 2 older brothers and an older sister who live with her uncles and grandmother.
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Mary W Mary has been on the Lea Toto Program for a long period of time.
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Saldin N Saldin is an orphan of 16 years. He was born in Kapenguria where his mother worked in the administration.
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Nancy A Nancy lives with her aunt and her younger sister. Her aunt has 3 children so is looking after 5 on her salary from a hair saloon.
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Peter J Peter is 14 years old and orphaned. He lives with his grandmother and 4 cousins, but his aunts and uncles object so do not help the grandmother.
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