Britney Adhiambo is a girl 9 years old. She was born on the 10th of March 2013. Britney is in grade 4 and has been attending school at Krevia school. When she gets a sponsor, the child will be able to continue schooling at Jagiet Academy and therefore be able to benefit from quality education. She is a brave girl whose zeal to succeed in life cannot be stopped. Britney is also a bright student who loves schooling. Her mother is a casual laborer who depends on doing laundry for middle-class earners to meet the needs of her family, It’s hard now that Kenya’s economy is a deteriorating one, hence the middle-class earners she depended on opt to do the laundry themselves. Her father too was a casual laborer in the Juakali sector until late March this year when he fell critically ill. He is paralyzed on one side of his body, since then he has been in and out of the hospital. Lately, he is admitted to Kenyatta National Hospital where his family visits him at least thrice a week. Life for this family gets worse by the day.
Due to the condition at home, Britney’s education has been greatly affected thus she is in and out of school due to school fee arrears. Britney lives with both her parents being the last born in her family, she has two elder siblings. They live in an old double room made from Iron sheets and timber. The house is furnished with a set of old seats, a table, a drawer, and analog television. The house has been partitioned and some space is left where the kids spread a mattress to sleep for the night, while the parents sleep in the other room.
The house is connected to electricity which they pay via tokens thus Britney is able to do her studies in the evenings. The family purchases water to drink as well as for domestic purposes from a water vendor in the community at 8ksh per 20 liters of jerrican.When preparing a meal they use a kerosene stove which they have to purchase paraffin each day. They share a toilet with five other families in the rental plot they live in . The toilet serves as a bathroom as well. The environment they live in is unfriendly for child upbringing, the plot is untidy, so squeezed and messy.
Britney is not only a bright student but also a lover of music and art. Britney loves dancing and drawing. If she is not studying or helping at home with small house chores she is silently busy with her art book, singing, or dancing. Her dream is to become a Medical doctor after she successfully completes her studies. Her best subject is Home Science and her favorite food is pilau and beef stew.