Mabel's Story

I am Kwao Mabel, born and bred in Sega where A.I.S is located. Initially, I didn’t know how to read and write but since the existence of Anmchara International School, I have been able to read and write till date. Even with this, it hasn’t been easy at all for me.

My father died at my tender age and he left us with no will. He went to bed one night and the next morning, he didn’t wake up anymore. He just passed away without saying even a goodbye. My mother had to sell porridge so she could get money to pay my school fees from the primary level to the J.H.S level. Sometimes, I had to absent myself from school to search for firewood and sell in order to get money to buy some story books and text books since there was no library in the school. 

 

I woke up one morning to go to school. I went to my mother for my feeding fees and she said she had no money on her that day. Honestly, I was filled with sorrow as soon as I heard that from my mother. But then, a thought came to my mind and I said to myself “look Mabel, you are someone who is going to make it in life and who will change the story of ‘we are born to live in abject poverty’ only if you work hard at it through education”. I decided to go to the school and learn from morning till closing with an empty stomach. It wasn’t easy. 

Also sometimes, my mother had to use the little money she has to buy books and she would go hungry. I had to go to school barefoot because my mother thought the shoes I put on will not make me pass my exams. She’d prefer buying books for me rather than buying shoes.

With hope in God, I finished JHS with the first batch and we came out with good aggregates. My mother could no longer help me further my education due to financial problems. I prayed to God to help me because with Him, all things are possible.

With God being so good, the school’s generosity and the help of some of the volunteers, I was sent to one of the best secondary schools because by then, Anmchara SHS was not yet established. I had to search for firewood and sell in order to get money to buy my necessary requirements. Soon after, Anmchara’s SHS was established, so I stopped the first school and I came back to this school because I love it. I am proud to be graduating from here, Sega.

Written by Mabel Kwao.