Mariella Furrer Photography

Feature Stories: Abolition of School Fees, Kenya

Selina Malungu, 8yrs, attends a morning standard one class at the Galaheni Primary School. Selina's father died in a car accident and she and her brother break stones for money. She has no uniform and says that the school children make fun of her and tell her she looks like a street urchin. When her one and only dress is dirty she doesn't go to school as she has to wait for the dress to be washed.
Selina Malungu, 8yrs, attends a morning standard one class at the Galaheni Primary School. Selina's father died in a car accident and she and her brother break stones for money. She has no uniform and says that the school children make fun of her and tell her she looks like a street urchin. When her one and only dress is dirty she doesn't go to school as she has to wait for the dress to be washed.