Five Kenyans have each won KES 1 million in the ongoing Shine Kenya: Shinda Mamilii Kama Bingwa campaign. The five have also received an additional KES 250,000 each to support community-based projects of their choices courtesy of Safaricom Foundation, highlighting Safaricom's commitment to both individual empowerment and fostering community development across the nation.
Elizabeth Sangale, a farmer and mother from Kabongwa, a small village in Uasin Gishu County, is one of the first lucky winners of the million-shilling draw. For a long time, the mother of three struggled to raise school fees for her children, whom she’ll now be able to send for further studies.
She can now fulfil her daughter’s wishes to study psychology abroad and pay for her two other children to attend college in Kenya to study IT and nursing. She will spend the Ksh250,000 community project money from Safaricom to buy uniforms for the less fortunate children in her community.
“It was very unfortunate when my children had to be sent home because we could not afford the school fees for them to further their studies. But with this money, Safaricom has given me, my kids can now pursue their dreams. I want to thank Safaricom as it may not have been possible without them,” said Wangale.