Help my sister go to school

Hi, my name is Zakayo Joseph Olekampuni, most of you know me as "Ole". I would like to tell you a bit about my sister.

Like for many Masai school is badly accessible due to lengthy roads, which can take sometimes up to 2 hours to reach school and no public transport in the rural areas where Masai villages are situated. Education as a key factor for the development in rural Masai communities which depend still highly depend on livestock farming for surviving and selling jewellery to tourists for additional income. Especially for Masai woman access to education is of paramount importance. The strict cultural norms make woman depend entirely on their husbands. They have little rights in the community and need to obey the male members. The culture is slowly changing with further access to education, especially for woman, since it allows them access to alternative income sources independent of their husbands.

I would like to give my sister this possibility. Unfortunately, she is suffering from a leg deformation which doesn’t allow her to walk for long distance. She has shown a lot of potential and motivation in school and aims to become a doctor. Therefore, I am working hard in different jobs like selling jewellery to tourists on Zanzibar to pay her school fees in a boarding school, where she doesn’t have to walk 3 hours per day. I have been working hard but it is a struggle every year and a balance between the payment of the school fees and the other needs of my family.

I know that my story is not a special one many other people in the world suffer and struggle to get the basic minimum, but I got a chance to speak to you all and I will use this. Please help my sister to be the first educated woman in my village, not only for herself but also as a role model for the other girls!