I founded ULT, or started our work, when I was in Kenya myself in 2020 and saw the great need. I worked as a volunteer in the Soweto Youth Initiative, which does great work in the Soweto slum. They take care of the residents and have a big focus on supporting the children. Many of these children were not in school at the time because their parents could not afford the school fees. I personally felt it was very unfair, as I was allowed to enjoy a free education in Germany and these children had to play on the streets in the slum during the day, as their family’s financial resources were not enough. My motivation was awakened and I started the school sponsorship project. Now two years later, this is just one of our projects and our work extends to much more. The association became my life’s work and I cannot imagine a more beautiful job.

Even though I speak a lot of English today, I can say, funnily enough, that English (shortly before French) was my hate subject. I was never sure how to pronounce words correctly and had trouble concentrating in class. I can’t really pinpoint my favourite subject, more I had three favourite subjects. First, I was good at maths and always looked forward to that lesson. I also liked biology because I was very interested in the subject, even though I wasn’t very good at it. Sport was my passion. I went to a sports school in high school and the ambition and discipline I developed there still have a strong influence on my work in the club today.

In five years, I would be very happy if we successfully run our school in Nairobi and by then we will be able to provide education for about 500 children through sponsorships. But I don’t just want to give the children a better education, I want to build a cultural bridge to other nationalities. Kenyan culture is so beautiful and I wish that in five years we could bring it closer to our sponsors.

In primary school we had an acting class and we performed the musical “Cats”. At that time I was very much into such acting roles and I took on the part of a (I’ll call it that) main cat. Her name was Demeter and to this day I am grateful that we sang playback. The whole thing was performed three times and there is an extremely (I think) embarrassing video recording of it.