Patrick N.
Location: Nyakabanda, Rwanda
Age: 15
Hobbies: Dancing, seeing friends
Sponsorship: Primary School ($500)
Patrick dreams of being a doctor one day.
Patrick is 15 years old and joined MindLeaps in 2018 after dropping out of school two years prior. He lives with his mother and three younger siblings. Their situation is difficult because they do not have a permanent home. Where he currently lives, it takes Patrick one hour to walk to the MindLeaps Jim Bell Center.
Patrick is a day scholar student in grade 6 at Cyivugiza Primary School. He is an extremely intelligent boy with lots of potential. He is very focused on school now because he will sit for his national exams later in the year and is currently one of the top children in his class! His goal is to be accepted into Saint Andrew School, an excellent public boarding school, where he would like to do his high school years. If Patrick got admission there, it would not only give him a very high standard of education, but it would also be a huge relief for his family as he would board at the school. He is currently taking five subjects in school, but his favorite is mathematics, in which he excels. If the teacher is not present, Patrick happily takes on this role and explains the math to the rest of the class on the whiteboard.
He is very hardworking and responsible and is known in the MindLeaps community for being smart and helping the other students, especially with their math exercises. This makes Patrick very likeable among the students, who appreciate his support. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he has also been helping to take the temperature of students and staff at the MindLeaps’ gate to ensure the safety of all the kids. Patrick attends MindLeaps’ dance classes which he says are fun.
Since joining MindLeaps, his teamwork skills have improved greatly. He now feels included in the group and has a sense of belonging that he did not have before. Patrick’s best friend at MindLeaps is Josue Ishimwe. The two boys spend lots of time together in the center and at school, and study together in their free time.
Patrick is now very stable within the MindLeaps program and at school. He has high self-esteem and is a very humble and grounded boy. Patrick says that since joining MindLeaps, he has noticed that he is much happier. He now enjoys school and feels like he has found a purpose in life. He also says that he now has a closer relationship with his family than before. Patrick dreams of one day becoming a doctor and is working hard to set himself on the right track to achieve this goal.
Patrick is a day scholar student in grade 6 at Cyivugiza Primary School. He is an extremely intelligent boy with lots of potential. He is very focused on school now because he will sit for his national exams later in the year and is currently one of the top children in his class! His goal is to be accepted into Saint Andrew School, an excellent public boarding school, where he would like to do his high school years. If Patrick got admission there, it would not only give him a very high standard of education, but it would also be a huge relief for his family as he would board at the school. He is currently taking five subjects in school, but his favorite is mathematics, in which he excels. If the teacher is not present, Patrick happily takes on this role and explains the math to the rest of the class on the whiteboard.
He is very hardworking and responsible and is known in the MindLeaps community for being smart and helping the other students, especially with their math exercises. This makes Patrick very likeable among the students, who appreciate his support. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he has also been helping to take the temperature of students and staff at the MindLeaps’ gate to ensure the safety of all the kids. Patrick attends MindLeaps’ dance classes which he says are fun.
Since joining MindLeaps, his teamwork skills have improved greatly. He now feels included in the group and has a sense of belonging that he did not have before. Patrick’s best friend at MindLeaps is Josue Ishimwe. The two boys spend lots of time together in the center and at school, and study together in their free time.
Patrick is now very stable within the MindLeaps program and at school. He has high self-esteem and is a very humble and grounded boy. Patrick says that since joining MindLeaps, he has noticed that he is much happier. He now enjoys school and feels like he has found a purpose in life. He also says that he now has a closer relationship with his family than before. Patrick dreams of one day becoming a doctor and is working hard to set himself on the right track to achieve this goal.
Patrick is being sponsored in school in 2021 by Jewish Helping Hands. Choose another student here: mindleaps.org/sponsorship
Thank you Jewish Helping Hands!
Thank you Jewish Helping Hands!