“I was born in Fianarantsoa, a big town in the highlands.
When I was eight, I moved with my 2 little sisters to Kelilalina, a village in the countryside where we lived with my grandmother. I really liked living there. It was quiet, and I liked helping my grandmother work in the fields farming rice and beans. I had many friends and enough free time to draw, one of my favourite hobbies.
When I was in high school, my mother died of malaria and a few years later my grandmother died too. Recently my father died from lung disease so my brother and 2 younger sisters and I were left without parents.”
My high school in Keliilalina was very good. It was visited by foreigners several times which gave me the opportunity to practise my English. On the weekends I would do volunteer projects like teaching at the school. I was invited to do the Onja aptitude exam and then received an offer to study English and software development at their campus in Mahanoro.
Before I was invited to join Onja, my vision for the future was just to get any job I could and support my family.”
Now, I really like working as a developer because coding allows me to solve complex problems and learn new skills. I get to do new things every day, which makes the job very exciting.
“I like being at Onja. I like the way I learn things here. There are good teachers, there is good internet, and lots of ways to continuously keep learning and improving in my work. I want to be an excellent coder for Onja. The best there is. I will work very hard to achieve that goal.”
“In the future I hope to see thousands of students at Onja contributing to Madagascar's development. I am really proud of myself that I can help to give the same opportunity to the next wave of students.”
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