This archive report was first published on 15 January 2020.
Thanks to the generosity of well-wishers, a top performer in the 2019 KCPE examinations will now attend Asumbi Girls High School without worrying about school fees.
Kenyan songbird Akothee led the campaign to raise funds for the girl's education, and her efforts have paid off.
A Nairobi-based lawyer has pledged to cover the girl's Form One school fees, while a senior official in the Kisumu County Water Department has promised to pay her fees in Form Two.
Akothee's Akothee Foundation will cover the girl's school fees in her final two years of high school.
After the girl's mother was unable to raise the school fees, Akothee launched the campaign to mobilise well-wishers to raise funds for the girl's education.
