Gender Male

Location Kenya

Birth order 2nd of nine

Placed because of Mother deceased

When I grow up I want to be a mechanical engineer

Grade (US Equivalent) 3rd

Thomas is a 10-year-old boy who dreams of being a mechanical engineer. The second born in a family of nine, Thomas was placed in Jeremiah's Children after his mother died. Thomas’s father is a farmer in Narok, who battles alcoholism and struggles to provide the basic needs for his large family. Thomas attends a local school.