More About Letegebriel
Letegebriel Atsbeha Kahsay
Letegebriel is excited to go to high school because, “there will be students from many different communities and we will be able to help each other study and share ideas. I’m also looking forward to using the library and computers because then I will be able to have more reference materials.”
Name: Letegebriel Atsbeha Kahsay
What her name means in Tigrigna (local language): “Servant of the angel Gabriel”
Gender: Female
Age: 14
Birthday: (MDY: 07/02/1987 EC)
Hometown: Abreha Atsbeha
Current elementary school: Abreha Atsbeha Grade 1-8 Community School
Distance from closest high school: 18 km
High school she will attend: Wukro Secondary School
Academic record: Letegebriel has been in the top three students in her class since Grade 1. In Grade 8 she is the top student in her class.
Favourite subject(s): Biology and Physics
Extracurricular activities and leadership positions in Grade 8: Member of Student Parliament, member of Girls’ Club, member of the Science Lab Club, Chairperson of the “Teachers of Tomorrow” Club.
Challenges encountered during elementary school: “Balancing workload between supporting my family at home and finishing my homework is challenging for me. I also wish that I had access to more reference books to help me understand better the material that I learn in class.”
In 10 years Letegebriel wants to be an engineer because, “I want to help people build better homes and roads so that they are more comfortable."
Favourite quote: “A person who is not learning in school is a person who suffers from a disease."
Role model: “My brother because he is supporting me and encouraging me to finish school. He works at the Woreda Agriculture Office and told me that the people who have good jobs are the ones that finished high school so I should too. He finished Grade 10 but then dropped out. He wants me to finish Grade 12.”
Favourite celeb: Dirarto – a female Ethiopian runner.
Family: “I am the second oldest child in my family and I have five brothers and sisters. My brother finished Grade 10 but dropped out. My vision is to be the first person in my family to complete high school. My family has a half-hectare plot of land that we plow and plant. We also depend on the Safety Net Program where my parents work in exchange for kilograms of different cereals. This helps our family to have enough to eat."
Family’s skills for potential income generation activities: Animal fattening of sheep, raising and selling chickens, selling eggs.
What her mom, Amet, thinks about her having the opportunity to go to high school: “We have such a low income that I did not know how it would be possible for Letegebriel to continue on to high school. This opportunity that you are giving us is so good for her and our family. She will have a better life and will have more options for her future. She will be able to choose her life because she will be educated.”
