| A Wish To Board |
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Many keen young people hope to get places at Mvumi Secondary School, if their families or kind sponsors can fund them. Here are three girls who say, “We beg to live in dormitories because at our homes we have a lot of problems. When it's time to study, we can't do it because we live with parents and many relatives. And the candle smoke affects our eyes, so sometimes they water or we get a headache when we read and so we can't continue to study. Kerosene is used too. It is toxic. And our houses have low thatched roofs and no chimneys.” I live with my aunt but if I want to study she tells me to do some other work. Agnes I live with my grandparents. When I begin to study they tell me to go and cut grass for the cow and fetch water for them. At night they don't want to see any light. I study with either candle-light or with light from a fire. They say that when it's day it's for work and when it is night we must sleep. So I can't get an hour to study. Neema For me I live far from my school, so I must wake early at 5.00 a.m. and start to prepare for school. After school I walk a long way and when I arrive home I am very tired and can't study well. Esther |