Tembo Stories Joyce's Story Dreaming Big by Marian Roks During a 2005 trip to Tanzania, Jo and I made a presentation to the staff at Longido Secondary School describing TEMBO's Educational Sponsorship Program. Specific references were made to Kimokouwa Primary School since it is one of the schools from which students are eligible for sponsorship. Following the formal input, Mr. Jackson, then the teacher responsible for student sponsorships at Longido Secondary School spoke to us. He told us that there was a second year student (Form II) from Kimokouwa whose family was too poor to pay her tuition and school fees. He explained that the school was covering her expenses because she scored so high on the Tanzanian National Exams. Not only is passing the exams a prerequisite to enter high school, but a student's marks must be in the top 5% in the country. "Is her name Joyce?" I asked. "Yes." he replied. "Do you know her?" "Yes." I answered. A flood of memories passed through me. Joyce was the student who volunteered all the answers, in perfect English, when I taught for a week at Kimokouwa Primary School during my visit two years earlier. She's the one who said, "Don't worry," when a little pre-school child walked into the class in the middle of my Geography lesson. Joyce just moved over on the school bench and made room for the little child to nestle in beside her. Joyce is also the one who, at the end of a