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POVERTY EDUCATION EQUALITY FOR THE GOALS

Benta

... grew up in the slums, where many traumatizing things happen
to her at a very young age. She concentrated fully on taking care
of her siblings and never took the time to consider her situation.

“Dennis and everyone else involved in the drafting of the
mentoring program will never understand just how much it
means to me and how much I needed someone else to lean on
for a change. It turned out that I needed a mentor more than I
could possibly imagine or admit to myself. I thought that I would
just open up to a total stranger and at the end of the day I would
still have the same problems without any solution offered. I was
wrong. I have discovered things about myself that I did not even
know existed. I am more confident. I know what I want. Most
importantly, my future looks brighter than anything I have ever
experienced before.”
Read more about mentees' and mentors’
Benedetta Mbeneka experience on pages 44-49.

John
Second year of PDAid Foundation

The past two years since the launch of the PDAid Foundation have ... also speaks of a brighter future and positive outlook due to
been amazing, educational, and life affirming. We will take you his enrollment in the mentoring program.
through the journey of the foundation’s two very first mentees,
John Senteu Letite (John) and Benedetta Mbeneka (Benta). When “The mentoring program has helped me believe in a brighter
they first enrolled, it was clear that limited opportunities and future. The wise counseling and professional guidance given
means had prevented them from making full use of their skills to me by my mentor helped me develop my business skills,
and obvious potential. which will help me to contribute to my future job quickly and
effectively. The whole program also taught me the importance
Building on the collaboration between the Kenyan NGO of socializing and meeting people. Most importantly, I learnt the
Kilimanjaro Initiative and the PDAid Foundation, John and Benta importance of NEVER GIVING UP. The entire mentoring program
both received support and resources necessary for them to start was amazing.”
their educational journeys. By March 2017, they met up with
their Danish mentors as they joined the mentoring program. John Senteu Letite

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