Meet Mercy Mutindi a 16 year old girl with a dream of becoming a nurse. She is a former pupil of Muthwani Primary School, Machakos County. She was selected for education scholarship by a local commitee in the community in collaboration with Kenya Wildllife Service officers in the Maanzoni conservancy. Her mother could not hold back tears as she narrated her struggle to keep her daughter in school. She sometimes had no food for her children and would send Mercy to school in tattered clothes for lack of money for proper clothing! Today Mercy is a student at Mua Girls Secondary school, Machakos County.

She has been educated under scholarship in the ACEF program for the past 2 years and we seek your support to raise her school fees for the next two years of her secondary education. ACEF is a program by ANAW and ANAW-USA that supports the education of children living in wildlife areas through scholarships and creation of effective learning environments. As we anticipate the new school year from January 2023, we hope to help even more children from communities living in or neighbouring wildlife areas. Be a part of the wonderful cause and help us keep Mercy in school.

If you would like to support us, please donate through this link. Visit anaw.org/ACEF to learn more about the program and different ways you can help us.