An American boy on Sunday revealed how studying in Kenya changed his life after a troubled childhood in US.
Devon Brown, moved to Kenya in 2012 together with 11 other boys, after being termed uncontrollable and unruly by their former school in Baltimore.
He was so excited when he learnt that he was moving to a new school in Africa courtesy of a non governmental organisation.
"I was so excited about this opportunity. I had never been to any airport, let alone on a plane, so this was beyond my wildest dreams," stated Brown.
The group was enrolled into Baraka school in Dol Dol, which is a small town near Nanyuki.
Brown had found life different in Kenya considering the difficult background he had as reported by BBC.
The Baltimore born boy's late mother was both a heroin and cocaine addict while his father was drunkard.
The boys learned Swahili in addition to the curriculum that included subjects they did in the states.
During the weekends, Brown and his friends were taken out to parts of the town by the school to engage in co-curricular activities.
However, for the rest of the group, life did not turn out well as it did for Brown, where some of them reverted back to their unruly way.
"My life turned out pretty well. In addition, some of the guys we went to Kenya with are doing well but others not so well. They are still into drugs and other misdemeanours. Everybody had to make their own choices I guess," the reformed Brown.
