The story of Erick Mayaka
A young boy strolls into their silent homestead one cold evening thatched house. Only the sound of a hungry goat is heard behind their old grass-thatched house. The goat is the only possession of his grandparent. Next to the house are two graves lying adjacent to each other. He stares specifically at nothing as his eyes well up with tears. Erick kneels beside the graves and begins to wail; the burial of his father had just taken place four months after they had buried his dear mother. His parents had died out of sickness, and he left with his blind grandfather. To him, it seemed like all hope was gone.
While he was still asking unanswerable questions by the grave, Reverend Abel caught sight of him and took him to the orphanage. Being the firstborn in a family of three boys, Erick’s grandfather was poor and could not afford to take all his grandchildren to school. His parents’ house is locked to date, leaving nothing for the children to inherit. His future looked bleak until he met other total orphans like him at our children’s home.
His secondary education was later luckily sponsored by a well-wisher working at Keroka Co-operative Bank. The orphanage has tried through thick and thin to keep the boy in school, sustain him with all the basic needs, and ensure that he is psychologically counseled. He says. “what I would like anybody anywhere who can listen is that there are so many orphans who are in dire need of support out there and if assisted, they can prosper in life.”
Erick is a very bright boy and is today a second-year candidate at Laikipia University pursuing a degree in Bachelor of Library and Information Science after scoring a mean grade of C+ at St. Paul’s High School, Amasago in Kisii Kenya in the year 2015
