BACKGROUND

My name is Erasto Aroni Isaka, and I'm the third born in our family of nine. I was born in 1997 in the village of Itenka 'A' in a poor family. I grew up in a rural environment, where I was lucky enough to start at Itenka 'A' primary school in 2006. I tried to study hard, since I saw education as the key to success in my life. I realized that without education, my life would be very difficult since the work I was doing at home was very difficult for me (an example of such work is plowing with a hand plow). In 2012, I managed to finish standard seven and I succeeded to do well in my standard seven nation examination. After that, I managed to join form one in 2013, at the Machimboni secondary school. Despite facing many challenges, such as struggles with tuition fees, I could not give up. So, I struggled to persevere until I graduated form four in 2016. I also managed to pass my form four nation examination for division one, where I was selected to join Milambo high school, located in the Tabora region in 2017. That is where I, for the first time, managed to get out of the Katavi region. In 2019, I succeeded to complete my form six studies, and after that I was fortunate enough to pass the form six nation examinations. After that, I applied for a university education, where I managed to join Mbeya University of Science and Technology in 2019. And, that's when life became more difficult. I applied for a loan, but I did not succeed. But, I did not give up. I am the only child in a family of nine children who have managed to get to university, and there are six younger siblings who depend on me, so I continued to seek help from various people - including my classmates - to support me, and I managed to pay tuition fee at first. I find it very fortunate for me to have this opportunity to be a beneficiary of Help to Help - it is a great joy for me and my family. Now, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to all members of Help to Help, wherever they are in the world, by recognizing that there is a need to help students from poor families who are unable to afford tuition fees, so that they can achieve their goals in life. Also, as a beneficiary of Help to Help, I will continue to give various testimonies in the community about the good things that Help to Help does.

I have chosen to study pursue a bachelor of business administration in accounting and finance because I need to help my country, and the world at large in solving problems arising from financial, economic, business and accounting issues, in various financial institutions. First and foremost, after graduating from university, I would like to be employed as an accountant, so that I can get enough capital to become self-employed. I will work in accounting for about five years, and after that I have earned enough capital to become self-employed, and that's when I will start conducting businesses of selling food products from one country to another.

INTERESTS

I enjoy to do physical exercises such as running, and also I like to play football.