“I never felt more excited about going back to school”

My name is Rania and I live in Manial Sheeha, a relatively agricultural village, with my mother and other brother. When my father passed away, my mother refused the idea of marrying again and she dedicated her life to educate and raise my brother and I. My mother opened up a small grocery store in order to provide us with what we needed. However, it was hard for her sometimes to pay for our education and supplies. The project helped my family a lot because it alleviated some financial burden from my mother’s shoulder. The foundation provided me and my brother with back to school bags. The latter was filled with school supplies that lasted us the whole year. The school bag was filled with notebooks, pens, pencils and coloring pencils etc. My brother and I were very excited to use our new supplies when we went back to school. I am one of the best students in my class and I love to learn and go to school as my mother had always taught me about the importance of education. So, I was very happy to receive the back to school bag as my mother was finding difficulties in paying for our educational expenses and I was worried that I would have to drop out of school to help relieve our expenses.