My name is Yamat Nataa Olemingati. I am a 12 old year Maasai girl from the bush of Emurutoto, Tanzania. I have 4 siblings but none are in school yet. My dream is to be a teacher and bring good changes to my family and the world but without a sponsor I will never get to fulfill that dream. I have had a fiancé since I was in 5th grade and someone has already come with a cow to trade for me. If I go home I will be sold.

Thank you for helping, Yamat

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My Name is Sion Yona Leyan. I am a 13 year old Maasai girl from Mundara, Tanzania. I really want to continue in school. I was able to go to Primary School, but now there is no money to send me to High School, as there is no high school where I live, and I need to go away to a boarding school. I hope to be a nurse some day. If I don’t continue in school, in my culture, I would need to get married, I live with my grandmother because my father just wants me to get married. My grandmother is old and cannot send me.

Thank you for helping, Sion

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My name is Ndida Meleji Peek. I am a 14 year old Maasai girl from the bush of Matale, Tanzania. My father has three wives and my mom has six children In my family, and I am the only one who has the chance to go to high school. My father has already accepted a dowry and has a fiancé for me and wants me to get married. I am never safe to be back home, or my father will take that opportunity to marry me. I want to go to school so I can be a teacher. My family is so big it is hard for me to get my needs met.

Thank you, Ndida

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My name is Nasitii Kitumwes Kupan. I am a 12 year old Maasai girl. I was raised in the bush of Matale, Tanzania. I was brought to Faces for Hope by my neighbor, who is a pastors wife. My father has already accepted the dowry to marry me off. It is not safe for me to go home. My father has 7 children and none of them have gone to school. Please help me make my dream of becoming a teacher come through.

Thank you for your help, Nasiti

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My name is Nashipai Memuru Kukan. I am a 13-year-old Maasai girl from the bush of Emurtoto. I have a dream of being a doctor and helping my community and I need your help to accomplish this goal. My father has 28 children and only one of them other than me has had an opportunity to go to school. My stepmother is not good to me and if I go home both she and my father would be happy to sell me. I need your help to stay safe by going to school and staying at a safe house during school breaks and holidays. My pastor helped me find Faces for Hope.

Thank you for supporting me, Nashipai

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My name is Naserian Shokuti Lengaai. I am a 13-year-old Maasai girl from the bush of Kitarini, Tanzania. I am the only one in my family who has gone to school. My dream is to be a pilot but I am scared I will never get that chance. My mother has passed away. My father gets drunk every day and refuses to let me go to school. Without your help, I will not only never be a pilot but also be sold into marriage, because my father just wants me to get married now.

Thank you for your help, Naserian

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My name is Naomi George Lemomo. I am a 13-year-old Maasai girl raised in the bush of Ngereyani, Tanzania. My dream is to go to school to be a doctor. None of my 11 siblings have been given the oppertunity to go to school. I want to be the one to break the cycle. If I do not go to school I will be forced into marriage. My father has already sold me, so I am in desperate need of your help.

Thank you for sponsoring me, Naomi

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My name is Naitesoi Puture Olemuje. I am a 14-year-old Maasai girl from the bush of Kimokokwa, Tanzania. My father has 10 children. I have a dream of being a doctor, but I cannot accomplish this on my own. I live with my parents but they are getting too old to provide for me. My mom supports our family by sewing beads and taking odd jobs here and there. I cannot get the education I need all alone.

Thank you for your help, Natsoi.

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My name is Naini Ezekiel Mepukori, I am a 16-year-old Maasai girl from the bush of Buguruni, Tanzania. I want to get the education, but my family do not have the funds for me to go to school. My mother’s only job is selling tea and that is barely enough to provide food for and my 4 siblings and mysel. None of my siblings have ever been able to go to school. I want to be the first one to accomplish this dream of opening doors for others as well.

Thank you for your help, Naini

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My name is Naini Alais Lekunye. I am a 16 year old Maasai girl from Olchoni Onyokie in Tanzania. There are 7 children in my family, and I am the only who has gone to Primary School. I live with my parents, but my father is a drunkard. He wants me to get married so that he can get his dowry. If ever go back home, he will find me a fiancé. My mom takes care of all my family needs, but cannot afford to send me to high school. My dream is to be a teacher someday, but I cannot do that without a sponsor.

Thank you for helping, Naini

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My name is Mariam Shongon Kisau. I am a 14-year-old Maasai girl from the bush of Mundarara, Tanzania. I live with my grandmother because if I go home to my father I will be sold. I have 5 siblings but none of them have had the oppertunity to go to school. I would love to be the first but I need your support to do that. My dream is to be a soldier and fight for my community.

Thank you for your help, Mariam.

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My name is Mamesoi Memuru Kunanga. I am a 11-year-old Maasai girl from the bush of Irng’ong’wen, Tanzania. I have a dream of being a teacher but without education, my dream will never come true. I have two brothers already in school but I would be the first girl in my family to go to high school. I am not safe at home. If I go home I will be sold, as my father has already paid a dowry for me and has a fiancé waiting for me at my home. I want to have a different life but I can’t do it alone.

Thank you for your help, Mamesoi

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My name is Makundi Larusai. I am a 12-year-old Maasai girl from the bush of Ranch, Tanzania. I have a dream of going to school and being a pilot. I live at home with my parents but my father is always drunk. My mother is the only one providing for us but she can’t afford for me to go to school. I need your help to get my education and to be the first of my family to make it through school.

Thank you for your help, Makundi

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My name is Magdalena Oyaya. I am a 14-year-old Maasai girl from the bush of Kiserian, Tanzania. My father is always drunk and does not take any responsibility for me or any of his 7 other children. All he does is sleep all day. My mother tries, but cannot send us to school. I need help to get the education I need and I cannot go to school without support. I have a dream of going to school and changing my community for the better but I can’t do it alone.

Thank you for your help, Magdalena

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My name is Lightness Lenjira Lesaulo. I am a 14-year-old Maasai girl from the bush of Buguruni, Tanzania. I have a dream of being a doctor and healing my community. I live with my mother who has been struggling to provide for our family ever since my father died and now that my mother’s business has crumbled, it seems like we will never recover. My mother now wants to sell me into marriage to cover some basic needs for the rest of my family. I want to go to school and be a doctor but I need your help and support to accomplish this dream.

Thank you for your help, Lightness

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My name is Leya Kaika. I am a 14 year old girl from the bush of Matale. There are five children in my family. My father left us three years ago, and my mother tries, but cannot send us to school. I really want to go to high school to be a teacher and give back to my community. I cannot do this without support. My neighbor saw how much I want to go to school and brought me to Faces for Hope.

Thank you, Leya

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My name is Kadi Kool Lesinga. I am a 14 year old Maasai girl from the bush of Eworendeke in Tanzania. I live with my mother, who has 5 children. My father gets drunk all the time and does nothing to take care of us. My mom works hard but is busy taking care of us and does not have a way to make money to send us to school. I really want to continue in school so I can be a teacher. If I don’t continue in school, my father will sell me for cows.

Blessings, Kari

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My name is Grace Kelembu Ndoipo. I am a 14 year old Maasai girl from the bush of Buguruni, Tanzania. My father has died, and my mother is disabled. My older sister has been taking care of me but she cannot send me to school. I hope to continue in school so I can be a teacher, but I need help. I am basically on my own. If I cannot continue in school, I will have to get married, as that is my culture.

Thank you for any help, Grace

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My name is Ester Olubi Kalanga. I am a 15 year old Maasai girl from Longed, Tanzania. My mother has passed away. My father has 5 children, and has a hard time taking care of all of us on his own. He will not pay for my school fees. I really want to stay in school. If I do not stay In school, my father will sell me, so I am not safe to be at home anymore. I would love to work in the medical field.

Thank you, Ester

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My name is Dayana Ngorsiolo. I am a 13 year old Maasai girl from Emurtoto, Tanzania. My mother has 8 children. My father has already found a fiancé for me, and will sell me if I don’t stay in school. I am so young to get married, and do not want to. I want to be a lawyer and help my people. Her mom takes care of the whole family by only selling fire woods because my father is old and has a lot of back pain, so he only stays home. He just wants me to get married so he can have more cows.

Thank you, Dayana

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