After a terrible accident, Shelby Chebet discovered her Canadian sponsor Brenda Zugman had passed away . After her overdue school fees reached KSh 68,000, she was forced to leave school and has been home since February. Her ambitions of returning to school were dashed when her mother, a casual laborer at tea estates in Kericho, was stricken with depression.
Chebet is staring at a bleak future because her mother, who is still her lone source of support, was recently diagnosed with depression. The single mother lives in a one-room rented home in Duka Moja, Kericho, with her three children. She works as a temporary laborer at tea estates in the area.
