Enos dreams of being a professional footballer but would also like to be a nurse.

To be a football player – that’s the dream route out of poverty for a 15-year-old boy growing up fast in Victoria Island, Kenya.

And the poverty experienced daily by Enos is real. His father is dead and his mother struggles to feed her children on the vegetables which she can grow herself.

For a child coming from a subsistence lifestyle, the support given by Sargy Education Centre is life-changing. At Sargy, Enos receives free tuition and a wholesome cooked meal five days a week. And while the school encourages him to develop his football skills with extra-curricular training sessions in the evening, it is focussed on giving him the basic academic skills which would allow him to pursue a more down-to-earth career.

“Enos has been with us for six years,” says Samwel Okomo, head teacher of Sargy Education Centre. “He hopes to be a great footballer and is looking for a scholarship to allow him to attend football academy but he also aspires to be a nurse.”

With support from Blythswood, Sargy Education Centre gives nutrition and education to 330 children from low-income families, equipping them to participate in the economy of 21st century Kenya.