More sponsors for secondary school

Over the summer, I have not only been trying to find sponsors for the school, but also sponsors who can pay secondary education for the 8:th graders who will have their exams in December.
It is quite interesting: when I realize I'm not getting through to the person I'm talking to, I usually switch and talk about the money the kids need for secondary school.
Yesterday, this strategy payed off! Friends who we had dinner with in Sweden, decided to sponsor TWO girls from Excellent school. This is fantastic news and I'm so happy that they want to do this.
To sponsor girls might sound sexist, but the fact is that girls have an increasingly hard life in the Mathare slums.
They are often abused and used in many different ways. They are often forced into prostitution or marriage at a very young age. To allow them a secondary education doesn't only give them a chance to become successful in life, but also take them away from the slums to rural Kenya. The cost of this is about 45.000 kes for the first year (because of all the supplies they have to buy, like mattresses and uniforms) and about 30.000 kes for the following years. For this money the girls get classes, room and board and according to me, this is a very small sum to pay to give the girls a chance to lead a good and productive life. It is really bigger than the girls, it is also important for Kenya to get educated youths for the future of the country!