A Mother's Plea for Her Daughter's Future
In the heart of Mombasa, Mama Farida is doing everything she can to keep her family afloat. A single mother of three daughters and a grandchild, she lives in a cramped one-room home. With her eldest daughter unwell and no steady income, Mama Farida bears the full weight of caregiving, survival, and motherhood alone.
Her second-born, Farida, was beginning to drift. She spent her days roaming the village with older girls, seemingly harmless at first. But in Mombasa, that’s often where the trouble begins. “We’re just walking” quickly becomes “we were just visiting,” and before long, girls as young as 12 are caught in cycles of teen pregnancy, school dropout, and exploitation.
Then came PATHWAYS Rugby...
Little Sports Organisation (LSO) is fighting poverty by blending sport, education, and sustainable livelihoods to bring lasting change to underserved communities. Through its Pathways program, LSO provides children like Farida with nutritious meals, clean water, school support, and access to scholarships for schools their families cannot afford, creating a real route out of poverty.
Since joining the program, Farida’s life has taken a powerful turn. Her weekends have transformed from idle wandering to being filled with rugby training, discipline, and purpose. She dreams of earning a scholarship to a rugby boarding school; a chance to change her story.
The shift in her is unmistakable. “Farida’s confidence has grown, her focus has sharpened, and now she has a clear path ahead,” her mother shares. “I am deeply thankful for the promise of a scholarship to support her through high school.”
Photo: taken last Sunday at a PATHWAYS Rugby training session at Braeburn International School (Farida is second to right)
But that promise needs your help to become reality.
Farida’s journey is only beginning. The road ahead requires support: training expenses, tournament costs, school uniform, sanitary items, transportation, and other basic needs.
With your support, we can place Farida.
Your donation is more than money. It’s a lifeline. It’s a chance to send a girl to school, to protect her from exploitation, and to help her discover the champion within.
