I will never forget where I came from and that is why God will always bless you for taking care of His children. Very few people can do your work.
First I was a house girl and then I became a dressmaker, but what I wanted more than anything was to go to school.
I still remember the first day we met. You were constructing a house for another needy child. I watched you with awe; your goodness was a true lesson in love.
I am Lydia Muthoni and I am one child in a family of 7 siblings. If it were not for Matanya’s Hope, I would have succumbed to a life of abject poverty and despair.
After primary school, I had no choice but to work as a house girl. My parents could not afford to send me to school. I tried to save whatever small coins I could and I held on tight to my dream to go back to school. After a few years, I felt I could not make it so I took my coins and I learned how to tailor clothes. I gained a skill, but I could not find satisfaction. My heart longed to be in the classroom.
Thanks to Matanya’s Hope and my precious sponsors for hearing my story. You came and rescued me when I had no other hope. I am the only one in my family who attended high school and university.
Through your love and dedication, I made it! I am a nurse. This once hopeless life can now attest that there is hope for the least of us. I can now help provide for my family and I will sponsor another child, needy as I once was.
Never give up. Always hope. Always believe.
This is me, Lydia, acting as a surgical nurse in the operating room. Thank you Matanya’s Hope for believing in me.
