Bravine is an eight-year-old girl in the Third Grade at the Kwa Watoto School. One of six children, Bravine lives with her family in a shack with just one room. Her neighborhood in the Mathare slum is home to the poorest of the poor. Bravine’s parents eke out a living by washing laundry and selling scrap metal, earning under $2 a day. The family often goes without food.Bravine joined the Kwa Watoto School Preschool Class when eduKenya staff found her unattended in the slum at the tender age of three. That encounter dramatically changed the trajectory of her childhood. She says, “I am very thankful that I was invited to come to school because I am getting a good education and I am fed two meals a day, which is often all I eat for the day.”Bravine’s favorite subject is Christian Religious Education and her favorite school activity is learning on the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) computers. She wants to be a teacher when she grows up to help children have the opportunity to learn and grow up healthy.Bravine’s life is rife with challenges and burdens that no eight-year-old should carry. Yet the Kwa Watoto School is a beacon of hope for her each day. While we cannot transform her home life, we will faithfully provide her with the opportunities and resources she needs to use her God-given assets to break the cycle of poverty and fulfill God’s calling on her life.