As iron sharpens iron, difficult situations shapes people.  My awful life journey strengthened my identity. The delibating experience has taught me patients,endurance, determination and courage to make ends meet in life. Nevertheless, out of the painful scars of the past, I still hope for a better life because my future is neither lost nor crashed. As a young girl, I strive to transform the health status of the refugee society through knowledge gained from my studies. This dream is only achievable through education, the only transformative tool that will fuel my vision. As I am passionate to become a pharmacist in future,the refugee society will benefit from my skills and abilities wholesomely as I strive to improve their health. 

I, Nyankir Chol Deng, was born 10th April 2004 in a small village called Panyagor, located in Twice East County of Jonglei state in South Sudan. As the first born, I have other five siblings following me. Despite living with my mother ( Amony Deng) and grandmother in Panyagor and other extended family members staying  in our homestead. They were a great help to us during  difficult times. It was also equally challenging. The little farm my dad (Chol Deng) owned was a source of funds to sustain us. He planted maize and sorghum which were drastically affected by drought that had befallen my home county. Thus life became unbearable.

Similarly, during that time, people lived in terror due to unpredictable political war within the country. So, in April 2005 , when I was a year older and just after the signing of comprehensive peace and war ceasefire ,our village Panyagor , was attacked by Murle cattle raiders. They burnt down our homes and raided various herds of cattle. Many children, youths, and women were killed,maimed and displaced. My dad relocated us to Nimule for safety. On 24th July 2007, my aunt ( Deborah Aguil Deng) took me from my parents and brought me to Kenya under the care of her husband. I entered Kenya via Malaba route on 26th July 2007. In Kenya my aunt enrolled me in a public school ( Border Farm) in 2008 and I commenced with my nursery studies. Notwithstanding, life became hard in 2008 following the post-election violence. I was residing in Eldoret the hotspot for violence. I remember my aunt locking us in the house the entire day due to insecurities around Kapsoya. All good by the grace of God, we survived the challenges.

In 2014, when I was in class four, my dad transferred me to a private school ,Sunshine Primary school, with his little income as a truck driver instructor. Due to the inflation rates of South Sudan currency, his little earnings were insufficient to sustain my studies in Sunshine, and in 2017, I almost dropped out of school. However, the Head teacher of Sunshine Primary school sponsored my studies till I sat for the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE ) in 2018 and passed with 365/500 marks. Consequently, I was to join Dry’s Girls Highschool but my dad could not raise the fees. With heightened challenges my aunt relocated us to the Kakuma refugee camp where we registered on 26th April 2019 to UNHCR Agencies. This further affected me because my only option was to enroll because my only option was to enroll in refugee secondary school since I had no alternative. 

Fortunately,through the help of my uncle, Daniel Yong, I was able to undertake my secondary studies at Uasin Gishu Highschool a day mixed school in Eldoret until I finished my Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) in December 2022 with a mean grade of B minus.Currently in Egerton University- Njoro Main Campus studying Bachelor of Science Biochemistry, under Amot Girls Foundation scholarship.