My bags are packed and I'm ready to go...

Eric Chege has packed his bags and is ready to go...to university.

If he had even dreamed of this happening when he lived on the streets, he would have thought he was going mad! He was out of school and scavenging on the streets for food, with no hope for a better future.

Poverty at home led Eric to migrate to the streets when he was just 8 years old, but his life changed when a staff member from the Sunshine Centre met him and asked him if he wanted a home and to go back to school. He accepted the offer, and it was a turning point in his life.

This month he set off from the Sunshine Centre to join South-eastern University in Kitui (6 hours journey away) to start his degree course in Economics and Statistics.

Once he has graduated, Eric will have a bright future ahead of him - a far cry from when he lived on the streets.