A Hero, by Zipporah Nyongesa
The beauty of Zipporah’s essay “A Hero” is that we can see ourselves in it, pushing forward, sometimes striving ahead, other times just trying to get through the day. Zipporah, a student of Pathfinder Primary School, is a hero for going to school in a culture where girls generally marry and start a family at the age of thirteen.
Girls like Zipporah, determined to get an education, are in essence tilling the rockiest, most barren field with their bare hands, envisioning a new generation of women in Kenya. Thank you Michiel, Florentine, and Nino for your donation to Lenana Girls High School, which is being built in Kitale, not far from Pathfinder Primary School. We are all heros, each in our own way.
Read Zipporah’s essay, “A Hero” here.
Your article is excellent. To think of what a hero is at your tender age is really amazing. Keep writing to encourage other youth who are dreaming just like you!
Thanks Alfredo for your comment. Zipporah is the kind of student we are hoping to educate in our new school, Lenana Girls High School, to provide direction for the next generation of young people.
Beautifully written… well done!
I hope to read more of your work, Zipporah!