Help Precious Makai attend university

Story

hello everyone, thank you for taking the time out to read this.Precious wanted the below published to tell you her story, written by herself:My name is Precious Makai. I am 21 years old from Livingstone/Zambia. I completed my high school education in 2015. Life has not been treating me good my whole life. I have passed through pain, tears and sorrow. I completed my high school education through the money my parents saved from the vegetables my elder siblings and I sold on the streets. As years went on, in 2018, my family and I became homeless. We ran out of shelter, out in the streets whilst my Mother has been sick for 15 years. People have humiliated and abandoned us because what we have been through. As you are reading this right now, my family and I live in a house which is unfinished. It has open windows and open doors. It is such a shame to see my Father cry (he has just recovered from surgery because he has coiled intestines). Our house in the bush is near the zoo, it is quite dangerous. Animals from the zoo, like elephants, break out of the zoo and roam freely. A number of people in my province have been killed by elephants. We have no electricity, no running water and no security. I'm kindly pleading and asking for help from each and everyone who comes across this. Please help me go to university next year, January. Kindly sympathise with me and wake me up from this nightmare of pain, tears and sorrow. I am beginning to lose hope. I dream of changing the standard of living for my family and want to inspire youth in Zambia to never give up on their dreams. I believe education is the key to success. I volunteered on the ICS programme with Ravina in September 2019. It taught me that, no-one has ever become poor by giving. Thank you so much in advance. Precious has been accepted to study (BSc)Nursing at Chreso University to start January 2021. The course is full time, and is a course that Precious is really passionate about. Precious was meant to start July 2020, but we managed to delay her start date, so we have some time to raise enough funds for her tuition, accommodation and living costs. Below is a break down of funding needed in Kwacha:Tuition fees = K 8,420 per semesterExamination fee = K 350 per semester Project fee = K 700 one off paymentMedical fee = K 200 per yearStudent Congress = K 50 per semesterStudent ID = K 50 one off paymentHPCZ Indexing and ECZ fee = K 364 one off paymentThe Nursing course is 4 years, there are 2 semesters in each year, so working out the total funding is:Tuition fees = K 8,420 x 2 x 4 = K 67, 360Examination fee = K 350 x 2 x 4 = K 2,800Project fee = K 700Medical fee = K 200 x 4 = K 800Student Congress = K 50 x 2 x 4 = K 400HPCZ Indexing and ECZ fee = K 364 one off paymentTotal = K 72, 424Additional Nursing requirements:Nursing Uniform = K 350Nursing Kit and Stethoscope = K 200Two rims of plain paper = K 100Portable cooker = K 200Lab coat (Branded) = K 180Students Evaluation Manual = K 150Laptop = K 4000Total = K 5,180Accommodation (renting in Nursing boarding house) = K 500 per month = K 500 x 12 x 4 = K 24, 000Food, Electricity & Water = K 700 per month = K 700 x 12 x 4 = K 33, 600 All students are required to bring their own set of bedding, cutlery, books and pens, sports wear, bible, toiletries. Approximately in total = K 1000Total = K 58, 600TOTAL FUNDS REQUIRED = K 136, 204Currently (20/08/20) £1 is equal to K 24.9, therefore total funds required in pounds is £5,470.04Any additional money raised will be going to Precious' family, to help them with food, running water, electricity, and to help finish build their house. Please give what you can. Please help us make Precious' dreams come true. Precious is determined and motivated to succeed, and is striving to help the youth in her community who are in the same position she is in. For Precious to attend university January 2021, we need to raise this money by 20th December 2020.Thank you for taking the time to read this, please donate what you can. We hope you are keeping safe and well x