2017 Salutatorian and Valedictorian Announced

We are pleased to announce the Salutatorian and Valedictorian honor graduates for the HOPE School Class of 2017. ​We want to congratulate Nataline Olang for being selected as the Class of 2017 Valedictorian and Doricah Okubo for being named the 2017 Salutatorian. These high honors are well deserved and given with great happiness. Please join us in congratulating these two outstanding women. 

Nataline - 2017 Valedictorian

About Nataline
Nataline is 27 years old and has been married to Paul for three years now. Together, they have been blessed with a beautiful baby girl, Rayna Amani who is one-and-half years old. She is an administrator by profession.

Nataline reports that HOPE School has been very instrumental in shaping her as an individual and as a leader. "I have gained knowledge, identified some of my weaknesses and flaws, and also appreciated my strengths and identified areas that need me to improve on through the course work," she says. "This leadership course has been very resourceful and life changing to me and I am more equipped than I was when I begun and I have seen a transformation in my life in my two year journey with HOPE School. Above all, through HOPE School I realize that I am a Solution and I should work harder to inspire others." ​

Doricah - 2017 Salutatorian

About Doricah
Doricah is married to Stephen Okubo (a HOPE School cohort 3 student) for 4 years now and they have four children, three boys and one girl. Doricah works for a private education industry called Maarifa Education as an office manager in the HR and finance departments. She sings in the church choir and mentors Form 1 to Form 4 secondary children.

Doricah says, "HOPE School has changed my lifestyle: how I view myself and others, living a Jesus life, being a servant leader, and handling financial  matters.  What I have learnt in HOPE School is intense  and a reality." She adds that "this was not easy but by the Grace of God I pulled through." If given an opportunity, Doricah says that she could write a whole book about her two years journey in HOPE School of Leadership. 
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Great Determination 
Nataline shares how she managed to overcome difficult circumstances and succeed despite them. She says, "My journey has not been a smooth one and the many challenges I went through almost got the best of me but I kept on pushing and I am glad I did because they made me stronger. When I begun this course I was pregnant and employed, and finding time for the course work was not easy. In fact, finding a balance in my life after I  became a mother was a major problem for a while. My house was broken into and my laptop was one of the things that I lost. I also lost a very close friend of mine, I had to resign from my job, and with being a parent now I was faced with house help drama. From the few challenges I have mentioned, you can see I went through quite a lot, but I thank God for His faithfulness and I appreciate the drive that I have had of finishing strong.

 Please join us in congratulating these two outstanding women, along with the entire graduation Class of 2017.