Kenyan Accident Survivor Elated after Winning Scholarship to Study in South Africa

• Patricia Mativo, who has a disability, is one of the eight Kenyans who secured a scholarship to study at Rhodes University
• The determined lady said she was also pursuing a scholarship at Oxford University but narrowly missed it
• Mativo said her condition after the accident subjected her to stigma and rejection but she soldiered on

A Kenyan lady, who survived a grisly road accident 10 years ago, is over the moon after winning a scholarship to study in South Africa.

Patricia Mativo, who has a disability following the accident, is one of the eight Kenyans who secured a scholarship to study at Rhodes University.

Taking to Twitter, the lady said she was also pursuing a scholarship at Oxford University but narrowly missed it.

“One thing that I have been finding it hard to talk about is my achievement as one of the top eight Rhodes scholarship finalists from Kenya for this year.

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It’s the thought of missing Oxford University by an inch that broke me so badly and what it would have meant to persons with disabilities,” said Mativo.

Stigma and rejection

As earlier reported, Mativo said her condition, after the accident subjected her to stigma and rejection, situations which only her resilience, belief and determination sailed her through.

She soldiered on and graduated with a First Class Honors in Analytical Chemistry.

“It is 10 years inclusive of the two years I missed school and still graduated as best in Analytical Chemistry with First Class Honors. There are months I received rejection and stigma but still managed to change people’s perception of persons with disabilities.

“I never thought I would even come to see this anniversary. I don’t know about tomorrow, but I know it keeps getting better,” she tweeted.

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The journey of battling depression from the accident’s setback, she disclosed made her become a mental health advocate for young people.

Fwaro Makokha offered full secondary school sponsorship

In other news, Fwaro Makokha, one of the candidates who scored 431 marks in the 2022 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) was offered a scholarship by Kodris Africa software company.

According to Kodris, Fwaro will be sponsored through his secondary school education, which will include entire school fees costs, coding licenses and the relevant tools including a laptop.

A statement by the company indicated they offered Fwaro the scholarship after he on Wednesday shared his ambition to become a software engineer, and he will also learn to code.

Source: TUKO.co.ke