{"id":4937,"date":"2025-05-15T13:33:59","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T11:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/?p=4937"},"modified":"2025-05-15T13:34:03","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T11:34:03","slug":"grandmother-offers-live-chickens-as-school-fees-for-granddaughter-in-homa-bay-in-kenya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/?p=4937","title":{"rendered":"Grandmother Offers Live Chickens as School Fees for Granddaughter in Homa Bay in Kenya"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Homa Bay \u2013 News Agencies<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>In a moving scene that reflects profound sacrifice and unwavering belief in education, an elderly woman touched the hearts of teachers and students at Adiedo Mixed Secondary School in Homa Bay County, Kenya, when she arrived at the school carrying six live chickens to pay her granddaughter\u2019s school fees after the girl had been sent home due to non-payment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"539\" data-id=\"4939\" src=\"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FB_IMG_1747308004187.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4939\" srcset=\"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FB_IMG_1747308004187.jpg 720w, https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FB_IMG_1747308004187-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Refusing to let her granddaughter\u2019s future slip away despite difficult financial circumstances, the grandmother took an extraordinary step by offering the only means of payment she had\u2014her chickens. The gesture was met with heartfelt appreciation and emotional reactions across the school community.<br>In what many considered a symbolic and powerful moment, one of the chickens laid an egg upon arrival at the school\u2014a scene that teachers described as a \u201ctrue embodiment of sacrifice and a silent message of determination and generosity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"539\" data-id=\"4940\" src=\"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FB_IMG_1747307993466.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4940\" srcset=\"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FB_IMG_1747307993466.jpg 720w, https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FB_IMG_1747307993466-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Teachers expressed deep respect and admiration for the grandmother\u2019s initiative, praising her courage and unwavering commitment to her granddaughter\u2019s education in the face of economic hardship.<br>\u201cThis incident reminds us all of the true purpose of our mission in education,\u201d said one of the teachers. \u201cThis grandmother\u2019s love and sacrifice should be a source of inspiration to every member of our community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"539\" data-id=\"4941\" src=\"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FB_IMG_1747308010491.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FB_IMG_1747308010491.jpg 720w, https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FB_IMG_1747308010491-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"539\" data-id=\"4942\" src=\"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FB_IMG_1747307989958.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4942\" srcset=\"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FB_IMG_1747307989958.jpg 720w, https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FB_IMG_1747307989958-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Homa Bay \u2013 News Agencies In a moving scene that reflects profound sacrifice and unwavering belief in education, an elderly woman touched the hearts of teachers and students at Adiedo&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4943,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-regional-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4937"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4937\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4944,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4937\/revisions\/4944"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}