Kevin Bwanali

Kelvin is 15 years old, the oldest of 5 children. His father was diagnosed with mental illness in 2012 and is currently estranged from the family. Kelvin’s mother provides for the family through farming, although her yearly harvests are always poor due to her lack of funds to purchase fertilizer. Kelvin is very small for his age, a result of malnutrition growing up that stunted his growth.

In 2016, he was selected to attend Community Day Secondary School but his mother did not have any means of funding his education. She went from house to house asking for help, but this yielded nothing. Fortunately, she met Grace’s father who told her about RiseUp Malawi. He was accepted into the RUM scholarship program and given a bike to commute the 17km to school everyday.