Age 12

Gender Female

Grade Senior 1 (7th grade)

Favorite Subject in School English

Career Goals Doctor

Favorite Hobby Painting

Favorite Color Pink

Kelia is a quiet girl who loves other students. She enjoys skipping rope.  Her favorite subject is math. In the future she wants to become a doctor. Kellia lives with both parents, four older siblings, and one younger sibling. Two of her siblings, Ihirwe isaro kezia, Impano Ashimwe Kalvin, also attend Hope Haven.  Kelia’s family is struggling.  Her father doesn’t have a permanent job, he occasionally works on construction sites to earn a living.  Her mother serves in the Hope Haven field as an alternative way of paying school fees. This family rents a small house in community.